Joseph McDaniels was 48 and preparing to move with his wife Althea and their children from Denver to Mississippi in spring 2019. On the evening of May 23, a man identified by the family as Bustaman Kartabrata, the 59-year-old husband of Joseph’s mother, arrived at the home on South Golden Way. After briefly talking in the living room, Kartabrata left with his wife, then returned alone saying she had left a purse inside. Once admitted, he produced a gun and began shooting.

Joseph McDaniels was the first victim. The couple’s nine-year-old son witnessed his father and then his mother being shot; Kartabrata pursued the family’s 11-year-old daughter, Christine, upstairs and fatally shot her. The boy escaped through a kitchen door to get help; the children’s maternal grandmother escaped by jumping from a second-story window and survived. The boy identified Kartabrata as the shooter; Kartabrata was arrested nearby and charged with three counts of first-degree murder and felony menacing.

The motive has not been publicly released. Does anyone have information about the family or the neighborhood that could shed light on what led to this attack?