On the afternoon of October 18, 1975, in Sutherland, Nebraska, 10-year-old Florence Marie Kellie was at home alone when 29-year-old next-door neighbor Erwin Charles Simants entered the house.

As members of the Kellie family returned home, Simants allegedly encountered them and shot five more relatives: grandparents James and Audrey Kellie, father David Kellie, and Florence’s younger siblings, 7-year-old Deanna and 5-year-old Daniel. He was arrested the next morning, October 19, 1975, and charged with six counts of first-degree murder; he confessed to the killings and his defense later argued he was insane at the time.

The case raises questions about what witnesses and neighbors saw that afternoon and whether any details about Simants’ movements before and after the shootings were recorded. Does anyone remember the Kellie family or have information about that day in Sutherland?