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On New Year’s Eve 2000 a rural Guffey, Colorado household was attacked with deadly force. JoAnna S. Dutcher, 58, and her husband Carl, 60, were found inside their home shot multiple times. Their 15-year-old grandson Anthony Tony Dutcher was discovered on a hillside about 200 feet from the residence; he had been lured away and killed.

Investigators say the killings were carried out by two teenage followers of a high school student who was leading a small secretive group with paramilitary undertones. Isaac Grimes, 15, is reported to have lured Tony to a fort on the property and slit his throat, while Jonathan Matheny, 17, shot JoAnna and Carl inside the house. Prosecutors say the plot was ordered by Simon Ewing Sue, who allegedly wanted to test loyalty after perceived racist remarks by Carl Dutcher.

Confessions and re-interviews are reported to have tied the three teens to the plot; others were later implicated for destroying weapons. Does anyone have memories of the Dutchers, the property, or contacts who might shed light on what happened that night?