On January 15, 1973, six-year-old Tracy Buck was murdered along with her mother Gloria Buck, 26, and her five-year-old brother Scott in the family home on Arthur Avenue in Harrison Township, Dayton, Ohio. A neighbor discovered the scene; Gloria had been beaten, stabbed, and shot in the head and showed defensive wounds on her hands. Both children were stabbed to death. The crime scene was described as extremely violent and shocked the community.

Investigators linked the Buck murders to another attack 12 days later. Thirteen-year-old Linda Dearth was raped and shot in her family home on January 25; ballistics tied the same Ruger .22 caliber firearm to both scenes. That weapon was believed to have been stolen from the Buck residence. A teenage babysitter who had worked for the Backs, Patty Brown, was briefly charged but later cleared when ballistics placed her in custody during one of the crimes.

The case remains unsolved and periodically revisited by investigators. Does anyone have information about the Buck family or the Ruger .22 that could help bring answers?