On April 13, 1984 the body of 20-year-old Justin Hook Jr. was found outside his burned-out mobile home near Drakesville in Davis County, Iowa. He, a White male, had been bludgeoned to death. When investigators tried to notify his mother, 41-year-old Sara Link, she was missing; her body was found on April 16 in a wooded area near Eldon, about 15 miles from Justin’s home, also killed by blows to the head. Two days later, on April 18, the body of Justin’s 19-year-old fiancée, Tina Marie Lade, was found in a ravine about half a mile from Sara’s body; she had suffered the same fatal injuries. The triple homicide left the rural community reeling and the case went cold for decades.

The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation Cold Case Unit reopened the investigation in 2012. DNA recovered from the inside of Tina Lade’s jeans matched Andrew Wessel Six in 2014; Six had been executed in Missouri in 1997 for an unrelated 1987 kidnapping and murder. Investigators said a dispute over a car deal was a possible motive. Does anyone have information about the people, vehicles, or disputes in the Drakesville area in April 1984?