The Simmons family home in Dover, Arkansas, became the scene of a large-scale familicide during the 1987 Christmas week. On December 22, 1987, 46-year-old Bersabe Rebecca Simmons was bludgeoned and shot by her husband, Ronald Gene Simmons. That killing began a sequence in which Ronald then murdered multiple family members over the following days by strangulation, drowning, and shooting, including adult children, grandchildren and in-laws.

The killings continued through December 26, when additional relatives arriving for Christmas were found among the dead. After leaving the family, Ronald drove to Russellville on December 28 and killed at least two more people and wounded others before surrendering to police. He was arrested and charged with 16 counts of murder, convicted, and sentenced to death.

If anyone knew Bersabe Rebecca Simmons or was in Dover in December 1987 and has information about the family or the days leading up to the killings, please share what you remember.