Patricia Ann Tricia Whitaker, a 51-year-old retired elementary school teacher, was killed on December 10, 2003, in Sugar Land, Texas. The family had returned from a celebratory dinner for her son Bart’s upcoming graduation when a masked gunman entered the home and opened fire. Tricia’s 19-year-old son Kevin was killed at the scene; Tricia was shot and died on the way to the hospital. Her husband Kent and their son Bart survived with injuries.

Initial police reports treated the shooting as a burglary gone wrong, but investigators later determined the attack was a premeditated plot. In 2007 Bart Whitaker was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death, and Kent Whitaker has since argued on his son’s behalf.

What does anyone who knew Tricia or the family remember about her life in Sugar Land or the days before December 10, 2003?