The town of Sutherland, Nebraska, was rocked on the evening of October 18, 1975, when 33-year-old neighbor Erwin Charles Simants carried out a shooting at the Kellie home that killed six people. The victims included 56-year-old Audrey Marie Matson Kellie, her 32-year-old son David LeRoy Kellie, and three children — 10-year-old Florence Marie Kellie, 6-year-old Deanna Lynn, and 5-year-old Daniel Leroy — plus 66-year-old James Henry Kellie who was reportedly shot after investigating the disturbance.

Simants surrendered to family, then was arrested the next morning after spending the night in a field behind his sister’s home.

Does anyone have memories of the Kellie family or information about how the community responded in the weeks after the killings?