On October 9, 1978, 18-month-old Latoya Thompson died in Dallas, Texas, when her family’s apartment was set afire after a brutal murder. The attacker, 21-year-old Robert Charles Ladd, broke into the unit and stabbed Latoya’s mother, 18-year-old Vivian Geanett Thompson, multiple times. After killing Vivian, he placed her body in a closet and started the fire.

The blaze quickly consumed the apartment; Latoya and her 3-year-old brother, Maurice, died of smoke inhalation. Investigators reported that Vivian and Maurice’s bodies were so badly burned they were fused together, and Latoya’s remains were recovered among the charred debris. Ladd was later arrested, indicted on capital murder and arson, pleaded guilty, and received prison sentences for murder and arson; parole laws at the time led to his release after serving 12 years.

Who has information about the Thompsons or the case that could help fill in missing details about their lives and the night of October 9, 1978?