On New Year’s Day 2006 the Woodland Heights neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia, was the scene of a brutal crime that killed 9-year-old Stella Harvey and her family. Stella, her 4-year-old sister Ruby, and their parents Bryan and Kathryn Harvey were found dead in the basement of their burning home while preparing to host a holiday party. Investigators reported the family had been bound, beaten with a claw hammer, and had their throats slit before the house was set on fire. Stella’s official cause of death was listed as smoke inhalation and blunt-force trauma to the head.

Authorities say Ricky Javon Gray and his nephew Ray Joseph Dandridge entered the home after finding the front door open during what prosecutors described as a robbery spree. The men allegedly held the family hostage in the basement, ransacked the house and stole items including a computer, a wedding ring and a basket of cookies before the killings. Gray and Dandridge were arrested on January 7, 2006, in Philadelphia; Dandridge confessed to other murders from the same week, and Gray gave a detailed confession about the Harveys’ deaths.

Are there readers who remember the Woodland Heights neighborhood in 2006 or who have information about the Harvey family that could shed more light on what happened?