In early December 1974, three people were found shot to death in a house at 1117 Morningside Drive in Sioux City: 26-year-old Jesse Hanni, his 27-year-old roommate Billy Isom, and Isom’s 24-year-old pregnant girlfriend Freta Bostic. Their bodies were discovered on the morning of December 3rd; the house was reported unusually warm with the heat turned up to about 80 degrees, and there were no signs of forced entry. Jesse Hanni was found fully clothed, propped against a hallway door, with two gunshot wounds including one described as an assassin style shot behind the left ear. Investigators recovered .380 caliber bullets at the scene and Jesse’s own .357 revolver in his car, and believed a semi-automatic firearm and possibly more than one assailant were involved.

Police considered a possible drug connection: both Isom and Bostic had prior narcotics arrests, Jesse had told his brother about a dispute with a drug dealer, and a tip said Jesse had testified against a Denver drug kingpin that year. Several people were questioned and one took a polygraph, but no arrests were made and no suspects were officially named. Does anyone have information about the victims’ movements or contacts in Sioux City around December 1974?