In the spring of 2008 in Louisville, Kentucky, 14-year-old Gregory Louis Coontz and his 10-year-old sister Randy Nicole Nikki Coontz were found dead in their home on Thursday, March 27, 2008. Both children had suffered gunshot wounds and it is believed they were shot while sleeping. Gregory attended Noe Middle School, where he was in the Gifted and Talented Program and chorus, and he was an explorer with the Highview Fire Department.

Their mother, 37-year-old Gail Lynn Coontz, went to the University of Louisville and held a counselor at gunpoint, reportedly saying the children had been sent to be with their dad, who was known to be deceased. After she was disarmed and taken into custody, police checked the family home and discovered the children. Gail Coontz was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and with terroristic threatening; she was initially taken to a hospital psychiatric ward and later to the Louisville jail. Court documents noted she had filed for bankruptcy twice in the years before the incident, but no definitive motive was released.

Did anyone in Louisville remember Gregory or Nikki, or have information about the family’s situation in the months before March 27, 2008?