On February 14, 1993, six people were executed inside an apartment on Prospect Avenue in the Bronx in what became known locally as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. Among the victims was 44-year-old Julia Santana, who, along with her 17-year-old son Edwin Santiago and 26-year-old daughter Maria Santana, was found with a single gunshot wound to the head. Robbery was ruled out because a large sum of cash remained in the otherwise undisturbed apartment.

Investigators focused on the drug trade after learning of prior narcotics arrests tied to the location. Authorities said the bloodshed grew out of a drug dispute involving Edwin. Five men — Anthony Casellas, Luis Ramos, Eliot Lopez, Luis Romero, and Edgardo Rosado — were arrested, tried, and convicted; each received life sentences for the six murders. The case later produced further tragedy when Anthony Casellas’ wife, Lourdes, was gunned down on the steps of the Bronx Supreme Court. A lawsuit against the building’s management for a broken door and no security guard resulted in the company being found partially liable.

Did anyone in the neighborhood know the family or recognize signs of the dispute before February 14, 1993?