On October 1, 1989, 16-year-old Chad Altmon Burnett was one of three members of a Nashville family murdered in their home. His mother, Judy Robirds Smith, and his brother, Jason Burnett, also died after suffering numerous injuries. Crime scene details given in reports list Chad as having been shot in the left eye, upper chest, and left torso; Jason was stabbed in the neck and abdomen; Judy was shot in the neck and stabbed multiple times. An awl was recovered at the scene, but the gun and knife were not found.

Investigators focused on Oscar Franklin Smith, Judy’s estranged husband and the boys’ stepfather. Smith had taken out an insurance policy on all three victims and was arrested and charged with three counts of first-degree murder. He was convicted and sentenced to death in July 1990 and spent decades on death row.

Are there readers who remember this family or have any information about the night of October 1, 1989?