On December 7, 1998, two-year-old Cody Cousins and his four-year-old sister Cortina were killed in Caribou, Maine, along with their 30-year-old mother, Tina Marie Saunders Cousins. Authorities determined the deaths were the result of a murder-suicide: 34-year-old Leigh Anthony Cousins fatally shot his wife and both children and then took his own life. The three victims were buried at Holy Rosary Cemetery in Caribou; Cody had been born June 17, 1996.

The case was closed with Leigh Cousins identified as the sole perpetrator and no arrests made because he was deceased. The killings were part of a larger pattern that year, when domestic violence accounted for 16 of Maine’s 26 homicides.

If anyone knew the family or has memories to share about Cody, Cortina, or Tina, please come forward.