In early March 2008, a mass shooting and stabbing on Lester Street in Memphis left six people dead, including 33-year-old Hollis Seals, who was a friend of the family living at the home. Among the other victims were Cecil Dotson, his girlfriend Marissa Williams, two of Cecil’s young sons — four-year-old Cemario and two-year-old Cecil II — and a friend, Shindri Roberson. Three other children in the house survived but were seriously injured.

Hollis Seals had been shot multiple times. Investigators focused on Jessie Dotson, a brother of victim Cecil Dotson, who had recently been released from prison after serving nearly 14 years for a prior murder. Surviving children who witnessed the attack identified their uncle as the assailant.

Jessie Dotson was arrested and charged with six counts of first-degree murder. At trial he initially confessed and later recanted; the jury convicted him on all counts and imposed a death sentence. Did anyone in Memphis at the time see or hear anything that might still help clarify what happened that night?