On May 14, 1973, six members of the Alday family were murdered at their mobile home on River Road in Donalsonville, Georgia. Jimmy Cecil Alday, 25, was one of those killed. Jimmy Alday was reportedly forced inside on a tractor, placed on a couch, and shot twice in the back of the head. Other victims included Jerry and Mary Alday, Jerry’s brother Chester, and uncle Aubrey.

The four suspects were captured in West Virginia five days later with items belonging to the family. Initial sentences included death for three defendants and 40 years for Billy Isaacs, who was a juvenile and cooperated with prosecutors. Those convictions were overturned in 1985 because of excessive pretrial publicity; retrials followed. Carl Isaacs was later resentenced to death and executed in 2003. Wayne Coleman and George Dungee were resentenced to life; Dungee died in prison in 2006. Billy Isaacs was paroled in 1993 and died in Florida in 2009. Wayne Coleman remains incarcerated.

Did anyone in the Donalsonville area remember the Alday family or have information about that day?