Jena Donell Houchin Covey, 19, of Mesquite, Texas, was abducted late at night from the grocery store where she worked on October 17, 1971, along with her husband, Forrest Covey, 24. Their bodies were found several days later in an abandoned barn near Quinlan, Texas.

Investigators later linked the killings to a transient family known as the McCrarys. Members identified in connection with the crimes include Sherman McCrary, his son-in-law Carl Taylor, and Sherman’s teenage son Danny McCrary. Testimony and investigative reports say the Coveys were taken, driven to a remote location, Forrest was killed first while Jena was forced to watch, and Jena was killed shortly afterward. Danny McCrary, then 19, was charged with Jena’s murder and stood trial in Greenville, Texas, in 1973.

The case was tied to a wider series of violent crimes attributed to the McCrary family, later referenced in connection with the so-called Donut Shop Murders. Does anyone have information about the Coveys’ whereabouts the night of October 17, 1971, or memories of the grocery where Jena worked?