The summer of 1984 brought a multi-state crime spree that included the murder of 30-year-old Viginia Temple of Toledo, Ohio. A DeVilbiss High School graduate and divorced mother of five who hoped to finish college and become a home economics teacher, she and her 9-year-old daughter Rachelle were found strangled in the crawlspace of their home in the 2900 block of Auburn Avenue on July 7, 1984. Viginia had also been sexually assaulted. Her four other children, ages one to six, were left in the house with the bodies until they were discovered.

Authorities linked the killings to Alton Coleman and Debra Brown, who were engaged in a 53-day spree across six states that included murders, rapes, and robberies. The pair were captured in Evanston, Illinois, on July 20, 1984. A bracelet belonging to Viginia Temple was later found under another victim in the Cincinnati area and helped connect Coleman and Brown to the Toledo crime. In Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois the pair received death sentences for other murders; charges in Lucas County for Viginia and Rachelle Temple were dismissed to expedite prosecution and punishment in those other cases.

Does anyone have memories of the Auburn Avenue neighborhood in 1984 or information about the Temple family that could add context to this case?