On February 16, 1982, the Post family farmhouse near Farwell, Michigan, was the scene of a multi-victim homicide now referred to as the Rock Road massacre. Vaudrey Post, 42, was shot and killed inside her kitchen after returning home; her husband George Post, 53, a mail carrier, was found shot in the basement. Several other family members were murdered outside: Vaudrey’s stepdaughter Helen Gaffney, 29, and three of Helen’s children — Angela, 10; Tom, 8; and Amy, 7 — were killed as they tried to flee in a pickup truck. Helen is reported to have shielded a 15-month-old child, Amanda, who survived.

The suspect, identified as Helen’s estranged husband and Vaudrey’s son-in-law, Robert Lee Haggart, is said to have driven from Tennessee the day before a final divorce hearing and to have left the scene in Vaudrey’s car. He was located in Tennessee two days later after a roommate recognized the vehicle from news reports. The trial was moved because of publicity; a jury later returned multiple murder convictions.

Does anyone have memories of the Farwell community around February 1982 or additional information about the victims and how the family was affected?