In August 2003 a Detroit family was devastated when 11-year-old Sharnice Bailey was killed inside her Ashton Street home. The children’s father, Anthony Bailey, who had been estranged from their mother, called her at work that evening with a brief warning to watch the news. He then went to the house and used a 12-gauge shotgun in the basement, killing Sharnice and two younger children, 3-year-old Ayana and 1-year-old Lamar.

Firefighters arriving at a blaze set in the house found the children in the basement and discovered they had been shot. A 9-year-old child, Antonia, survived with critical injuries and identified her father as the shooter. A manhunt followed and Anthony Bailey was arrested the next day; he faced multiple charges. One key gap remains: the timeline of events inside the house that evening and how the surviving child managed to identify the assailant despite severe injuries.

Did anyone in the community know the family or see signs of trouble before that August night?