On the morning of January 16, 1984, Bruce and Debra Lynn Bennett failed to show up for work and Bruce’s mother went to their home in the 16300 block of East Center Drive in Aurora, Colorado to check on them. She found the bodies of Bruce, 27; Debra, 26; and their 7-year-old daughter, Melissa. All three had suffered blunt force trauma; Bruce and Melissa also had sharp force injuries, and evidence indicated Melissa had been sexually assaulted. A 3-year-old daughter was found alive in the home with attacks and blunt force trauma.

Investigators believed a hammer had been used. DNA from the Bennett scene was later linked to a similar hammer attack days earlier in Lakewood. In 2018 DNA matched Alex Christopher Ewing, who was arrested and charged. In August 2021 a jury found Ewing guilty on six counts of murder and he received three consecutive life sentences.

Does anyone have information about the Bennetts’ neighborhood or who might have been seen near East Center Drive around January 16, 1984?