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On March 26, 2000, Louisville emergency responders found three young sisters — 17-month-old Dashay Jones, 5-year-old Jaquanda Smith, and 2-year-old Danesha Jones — unconscious in an apartment. All three were taken to Kosair Children’s Hospital but died; investigators determined the cause of death for the three siblings was smothering.

Authorities reopened the October death of a fourth child, 2-week-old Davonda Jones, previously attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as the new deaths suggested a possible pattern. The investigation focused on the children’s 22-year-old mother, Shavonda Charleston. Prosecutors charged her with four counts of capital murder; she entered an Alford plea, acknowledging the prosecution had enough evidence for conviction while maintaining innocence, and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Does anyone have information about the family or those last days in that Louisville apartment that could add context to what happened to Dashay and her sisters?