On the night of January 15, 1984, an intruder entered the Bennett family home on a cul-de-sac in Aurora, Colorado, and killed seven-year-old Melissa Marie Bennett, her 27-year-old father Bruce, and her 26-year-old mother Debra. Melissa was two days shy of her eighth birthday. Autopsies found Melissa and Bruce died from blunt force trauma and sharp force injuries consistent with a knife; Debra died of blunt force trauma. Evidence indicated Melissa had been sexually assaulted. A three-year-old sister survived but had suffered severe blunt force trauma.

Investigators preserved evidence from the scene, and a DNA profile developed decades later led to a match to Alex Ewing while he was incarcerated in Nevada for a similar hammer attack. Ewing was extradited to Colorado to face charges related to the Bennett murders and a nearby slaying in Lakewood that occurred days earlier. In August 2021 a jury found Alex Ewing guilty on all counts and he received three consecutive life sentences.

Does anyone have information about the Bennett family or the neighborhood in Aurora in January 1984 that could add context to this case?