On December 26, 1987, a holiday gathering in Dover, Arkansas, ended in deadly violence when 21-year-old Renata Lynn May Simmons was shot and killed at the home of her father-in-law, Ronald Gene Simmons. Renata had been there with her husband William Billy Simmons II and their 20-month-old son William H. Trae Simmons III; both her husband and their infant son were also killed that day.

The killings at the Dover residence were part of a larger series of attacks that continued over the following days and included additional victims in the nearby town of Russellville on December 28, 1987. Authorities arrested Ronald Gene Simmons and charged him with multiple counts of capital murder in connection with the killings.

If anyone has information about Renata, her life, or remembers the family from Dover or Russellville, please share what you know.