Betty Thomas was 28 when she was shot and killed at her Avondale neighborhood home in Cincinnati on January 9, 2014. Her partner, Adam Bostic, was also shot and killed; the couple’s two daughters, ages 3 and 6, were in the home and were not harmed.

Investigators say 29-year-old Brandon Thomas of Lexington, Kentucky, had been staying with the couple while hiding from Lexington police about a separate shooting. On the night of January 9 he allegedly bound Betty and Adam with electrical cords and pillowcases and shot them in the head. The killings were thought to be linked to drug activity.

Brandon Thomas was arrested in North Carolina nearly a month later, convicted on multiple counts including aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and aggravated burglary, and received life without parole for Betty Thomas’s murder. The children were left without their parents; the community mourned and the case underscored difficulties investigators faced in a neighborhood resistant to cooperating.

Does anyone have memories of Betty, Adam or the Avondale neighborhood that could shed light on the victims or the circumstances?