On January 5, 1985, a shooting at the McNamara family ranch in Santa Barbara, California, left four family members dead. Four-year-old Diane Trenner was among the victims; the others were her mother Diane L. Trenner and her grandparents Elger and Florence McNamara. Neighbors reported hearing screams and gunshots shortly before 7 p.m., and bodies were found both inside and outside the house.

The shooter was identified as the victims’ uncle, Barry McNamara, who entered the home armed with a rifle and was arrested at the scene without incident. Investigators said the killings were believed to stem from a family dispute. McNamara had a documented history of mental health problems and told authorities that voices from a television instructed him to kill; a jury later found him sane and convicted him of the murders in December 1985.

Did anyone in the area know the family or remember events around the night of January 5, 1985?