On October 26, 2014, officers in Cadiz, Kentucky, found four people shot to death at a rural family home: 31-year-old veterinarian Emily K. Champion, her parents Lindsey and Joy Champion, and a 22-year-old man identified as Vito Riservato. The only living occupant was Emily’s brother, Ryan Champion, who initially told police and media that an attacker, Riservato, had held him and his sister captive and that he’d managed to overpower the assailant.

Investigators grew suspicious of that account. Interviews and evidence at the scene contradicted Ryan’s version, and friends of Riservato said he and Ryan had known each other; one roommate said Riservato had been offered money to kill someone. Authorities say the inquiry uncovered a murder-for-hire plot in which Ryan allegedly enlisted Riservato to kill the family. An arrest warrant states Emily’s hands, feet, and face had been bound with duct tape before she was shot.

Ryan Champion was arrested and charged with four counts of capital murder and a capital kidnapping charge related to Emily. A second person, Ann Plotkin, was arrested and charged with complicity to murder. If anyone knew Emily or has information about the case, please share what might help investigators.