Three young sisters were found unresponsive in a Louisville apartment on March 26, 2000. Two-year-old Danesha Jones, her five-year-old sister Jaquanda Smith, and 17-month-old Dashay Jones were taken to Kosair Children’s Hospital but did not survive. Authorities determined the three children had been smothered.

Investigators identified the girls’ mother, 22-year-old Shavonda Charleston, as responsible and reopened the October 1999 death of another infant in the family, two-week-old Davonda Jones, previously attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. Prosecutors said Charleston had been overwhelmed by motherhood and alleged she killed the children to pursue a more carefree life. Facing four counts of capital murder, Charleston entered an Alford plea and received life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Did anyone in Louisville at the time recall concerns about the family or warning signs that might help explain how this happened?