On November 22, 1999, five-year-old Christopher Caro of Santa Rosa Valley, California, was one of three brothers killed inside the family home. Christopher and his siblings Joey, 11, and Michael, 8, were each shot with a .38-caliber handgun. The deaths occurred amid pronounced marital strife between their parents, Dr. Xavier Caro and Socorro Cora Caro.

Socorro Caro was found at the scene with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and survived. She was charged with the murders; prosecutors said she shot each son in the head at point-blank range and argued the killings were revenge against her husband. The defense blamed Dr. Xavier Caro and claimed he had framed her. A jury convicted Socorro Caro on three counts of first-degree murder and she was sentenced to death in April 2002.

Dr. Xavier Caro later pursued a $45 million wrongful-death suit against his ex-wife and prevailed; a judge ordered part of her share of the couple’s assets used to pay her public defenders. Does anyone have memories or information about the Caro family or the events leading up to November 22, 1999?