Jay Michael Sowders was 43 when he was killed in a shooting at a home in Owensboro, Kentucky, on Thursday, January 17, 2019. The attack occurred inside what was described as the childhood home of Sowders’ sister. Two other men, Christopher Carie, 18, and Robert D. Smith Jr., 35, were also fatally shot; a fourth person, Carmen Vanegas, was shot in the head and survived.

Reports say the shooting shattered a place of family memories and left survivors and relatives dealing with the aftermath, including Sowders’ sister, who had to clean the scene in the house they had grown up in. Two men were charged in connection with the killings; a surviving victim testified that one of the charged men had brought the shooter into the home.

Does anyone have memories of Jay Sowders or information about that night in Owensboro that could help clarify what happened?