On the evening of July 3, 1974, 51-year-old Walter ONeal Allanson and his wife, Carolyn, were shot to death in the basement of their Zebulon, Georgia, home. The killings followed an escalating family feud centered on their son, Walter Thomas Tom Allanson, and his new wife, Patricia Pat Allanson. Tom and his parents were openly at odds; Tom had obtained a restraining order against his father after Patricia alleged inappropriate advances, and the couple’s car had been shot at five days before the murders.

On the night of the killings Walter ONeal reportedly returned home after an anonymous caller said she had seen Tom enter the basement. He was heard saying he had him cornered and called for his wife to bring a rifle. Police later found both parents shot in the basement. Tom was arrested, tried, and a jury convicted him of killing his mother and father; he received two concurrent life sentences.

Did anyone in Zebulon at the time see or hear anything the night Walter and Carolyn Allanson were killed?