Tammy Galley Hankins, 34, was shot to death on August 26, 2001, in Mansfield, Texas, along with her two children, Kevin Galley, 13, and Ashley Mason, 11. Relatives discovered the three bodies in the family’s mobile home after not hearing from them for several days; all three had been shot in the head and the killings were believed to have occurred the previous Sunday.

Terry Lee Hankins, 26, Tammy’s estranged husband, was arrested after a five-hour standoff and initially charged with the murders of Tammy and her children. Investigators found a note in the mobile home written by Hankins that confessed to multiple crimes including murder. During his confession he also admitted to killing his father, Ernie L. Hankins, 75, and his half-sister, Pearl Sevenstar, 20, in incidents nearly a year earlier; Ernie’s body had been found in his mobile home and Pearl’s body wrapped in plastic in a car at an auto storage lot owned by Ernie.

Hankins was described in reports as having a history of violence and mental instability and had taken over his father’s towing and automotive business after Ernie’s death. He was charged with capital murder and held on $1 million bail. Does anyone have additional information about Tammy’s life in Mansfield or knew the family and can help fill in what happened leading up to that August weekend?