Gerald Bricca, 26, his wife Linda, 23, and their daughter Debbie, 4, were murdered in their Green Township home on or about September 25, 1966. Gerald was last seen at about 10:00 pm that Sunday after returning from work and taking the trash cans to the curb; he was supposed to fly for a business trip the next morning and did not show up. Neighbors later noticed newspapers piling up, trash cans not returned, the porch light and television left on, and the family dogs not outdoors.

Concerned neighbors entered the unlocked house on September 27 and, detecting the smell of decomposition, notified the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators found Gerald and Linda in their bedroom, each with multiple stab wounds to the chest, neck and face — Gerald stabbed nine times, Linda eight — and both had been bound at some point; Gerald had a sock in his mouth affixed with a small piece of medical tape. Debbie was found in her bedroom with four stab wounds through her back. More than 400 interviews were conducted with anyone remotely connected to the family.