On the night of January 8, 1993 in Jesup, Georgia, 37-year-old mother Terry Ralston and her 15-year-old son Michael were working at the family laundromat on Macon Street when they were accosted by 17-year-old Larry Jenkins Jr. Around 9:00 p.m. Jenkins forced them into their van, drove to a wooded area by railroad tracks, ordered them to lie face down and shot both with a .22 magnum. Their bodies were later found in a ditch.

After the killings Jenkins took Terry’s van, picked up friends and drove to a nightclub in Waycross before spending the night in Alma; the next day he and his companions returned to Jesup and cashed quarters stolen from the laundromat. Police later located the stolen van; Jenkins tried to flee but was caught, and Michael’s learner’s permit was found on him. That evidence and other investigative findings led to Jenkins’s arrest and murder charges.

What information do readers have about Terry and Michael’s lives in Jesup or about the events that evening?