On January 3, 1980, a relative discovered four elderly siblings shot inside their farmhouse in Mars Hill, Alabama. James Columbus Lum Roberts, 79; Mae Bell Roberts, 77; and Floy I. V. Roberts, 64, were found dead—one sister also showed evidence of being struck on the head. Their brother Walter Mack Roberts, 72, was found having been shot five times and died in hospital a few days later without being able to give any account of the attack.

Investigators initially suspected a robbery after a trunk believed to hold a large sum of money was reported missing; later rumors claimed the trunk held only a small amount, leaving motive unclear. Multiple law enforcement agencies investigated but no murder arrests were ever made and the case remains unsolved. Two men the sheriff believed had intimate knowledge—Carlton Deas and Roy Harris—died before the crime was resolved, one by suicide and one by homicide, and weapons thought to be used were recovered amid related indictments for perjury and hindering prosecution.

Does anyone in the area remember these siblings or have information about the Mars Hill Murders?