On Palm Sunday, April 15, 1984, 10-year-old Marilyn Bermudez was one of ten people killed in a mass shooting inside a Brooklyn home that became known as the Palm Sunday Massacre. Victims included Marilyn, her 14-year-old sister Betsy, two women and six other children; all were found shot in the head at close range and appeared to have been taken completely by surprise. An infant girl was the sole survivor, found crawling among the deceased.

Police initially looked into possible drug-related motives because Marilyn’s father, Enrique Bermudez, was on parole for a cocaine conviction. Investigators determined the motive was misplaced jealousy. Christopher Thomas, a 34-year-old business associate of Enrique Bermudez, was identified as the primary suspect and arrested in June 1984 while already in custody on unrelated charges. He was charged with ten counts of murder; at trial his defense cited extreme emotional disturbance tied to drug use and jealousy, and a jury convicted him on ten counts of manslaughter.

Does anyone have additional information about Marilyn, her family, or the household that day?