On May 21, 1978, 51-year-old Martha Mae King Martin and her husband, 47-year-old Jerry Martin, were found fatally shot at their home on Morse Road in Columbus, Ohio. The couple had been attacked through a window screen and valuables were reported stolen from the residence.

Ballistic testing linked the .22 caliber pistol used in the Martins’ killings to a string of other murders attributed to a group investigators referred to as the .22 Caliber Killers. The investigation later identified brothers Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon as responsible for a series of murders and robberies across Ohio between 1977 and 1978; both were arrested in December 1978 and were charged and convicted in connection with the Martins’ deaths.

Does anyone have memories of Morse Road or the neighborhood in Columbus around May 1978, or information about the Martins that could add context to their lives?