On the morning of August 27, 2019, 31-year-old Danielle Cretacci was killed during a violent home invasion at her Ebling Avenue residence in the Town of Tonawanda, New York. Two of her young daughters, ages eight and eleven, were also shot; both survived, and one of the children feigned death until the intruders left and then obtained help from a neighbor.

Investigators determined the motive was robbery, noting Cretacci had recently received a significant worker’s compensation settlement that may have made her a target. Indictments named Ernest B. Green, Jr., Daniel Rodriguez, and Sharee Bailey in connection with the case; authorities identified Green and Rodriguez as the individuals who entered the home and carried out the shooting. A fourth person, Wayne Robbins, is tied to a related double homicide in Buffalo.

A jury convicted Green and Rodriguez of Murder in the Second Degree and two counts of Attempted Murder in the Second Degree; both men received sentences of 75 years to life. Sharee Bailey pleaded to charges in the separate Buffalo case and received a 10-year term in exchange for her testimony against co-defendants.

Did anyone in the Tonawanda area know the Cretacci family or see suspicious activity near Ebling Avenue around late August 2019?