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On the morning of May 14, 1991, Dean Morrison, 65, and his partner Jacqueline Jackie Appelhans were found shot multiple times and dead in their home at Grasshopper Junction, Arizona. Their residence was attached to the small restaurant and store they ran. An acquaintance arriving for his usual morning coffee found the restaurant door ajar and money scattered outside, then discovered the open door to the couple’s home and the bodies inside.

Investigators concluded the perpetrators entered during the night and that a violent struggle occurred. The house had been ransacked and the store’s cash register drawer was missing, yet Morrison’s wallet with a large amount of cash remained in his pocket. Footprints from two different types of shoes were recovered: a western-style boot and a tennis shoe.

Later that day a high-speed chase near Holbrook, Arizona, led to the arrest of brothers Robert and Roger Murray in a vehicle with Alabama plates. Weapons discarded during the pursuit were ballistically linked to the murders; cash, ammunition, and keys to a truck on Morrison’s property were found in the car. Robert was wearing western-style boots and Roger tennis shoes, matching the footprints at the scene.

Did anyone in the area remember unusual visitors or a truck on the property around mid-May 1991?