In May 2016 a house fire on Rossman Dairy Road in Moultrie, Georgia, exposed a far darker crime. Inside the charred home investigators found five young people who had been shot before the blaze was set. One of those killed was 21-year-old Aaron Reid Williams. The others were Jonathan Edwards, 21; Alicia Norman, 20; Jones Pidcock, 21; and Jordan Croft, 22.

Attention quickly focused on a 25-year-old man known to the group, Jeffrey Alan Peacock, who had once lived with them and reportedly been asked to leave. Witnesses said Peacock was seen with the victims in the hours before the fire and was among those who called 911. Peacock’s statements to investigators changed during interviews; he later claimed Croft had killed the others and that he shot Croft in self-defense, a version rejected by prosecutors.

Peacock was arrested and charged in connection with the shootings and the fire, which also killed three dogs. The victims’ families addressed the court, describing their loss and urging a severe sentence. Does anyone have information about Aaron Reid Williams’s life in Moultrie or the people who knew him?