On May 24, 1973, in Raytown, Missouri, 11-year-old Deborah Williams was shot and killed along with her mother, 37-year-old Pauline Joyce Sissy Brazeal Williams, and Deborah’s three siblings: 13-year-old Mark, 9-year-old Mary Ann, and 6-year-old John. The five family members were discovered dead in their home, and the killings prompted an immediate, intensive police investigation and wide media attention.

The murders remain an unresolved and tragic chapter in the community’s history.

If anyone has information about the family, the neighborhood, or events around Raytown in May 1973, please share what is known.