On November 8, 2004, five people were found shot to death inside a home on Highway 37 in Moultrie, Georgia. Among the victims was 50-year-old Betty Faye Watts, who was found shot in the head in a bathroom. The other victims were Betty’s daughter Katrina Darlene Watts Tina Resendez, 29; Tina’s 3-year-old son Juan Carlos Resendez; Tina’s husband Jaime Cruze Resendez, 24; and the family’s 30-year-old housekeeper Liliana Alegria Aguilar. Four school-aged children from the household discovered the bodies after returning home.

Investigators reported the house had been ransacked and that the housekeeper showed signs of torture in what appeared to be an effort to locate cash. Authorities linked the killings to drug-trafficking activity and a substantial debt owed by Jaime Resendez. Charges were brought against several people; Jerry Johnny Thompson later pleaded guilty to five counts of murder and received concurrent life sentences, and Alexander Woods III was convicted by a jury on multiple counts and sentenced to consecutive life terms.

Wilma Ann Yvonne Stover was also charged and scheduled for a separate trial.