On August 19, 2003 in Detroit, Michigan, one-year-old Lamar Bailey was shot and killed inside his family’s home. The attack also killed his sisters, 11-year-old Sharnice and 3-year-old Ayana; a fourth child, 9-year-old Antonia, survived with a gunshot wound to the stomach and later identified their father as the attacker. Firefighters responding to a fire at the Ashton Avenue house found the three children’s bodies in the basement and the critically injured Antonia. Investigators determined the children’s father, Anthony Lamar Bailey, used a 12-gauge shotgun to shoot the children and then set the fire to cover up the killings.

Police apprehended Anthony Lamar Bailey the next day on the Greenfield overpass over I-96 after he was seen walking there; he first gave a false name and later confirmed his identity. He was charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of assault with intent to murder, and arson. In court he pleaded no contest to the murder charges and guilty to the assault and firearm charges and received life sentences with parole eligibility deferred until age 80.

Did anyone in the Detroit area know the family or have additional information about what happened that night?