On November 18, 2022, 13-year-old Kaelyn Parson was found dead in her home on Laurel Oak Road in Chesterfield, Virginia. Her mother, 39-year-old JoAnna Cottle, had phoned 911 to report a possible intruder; officers arriving at the residence discovered that Kaelyn, JoAnna and JoAnna’s 4-year-old twins, Kinsey and Jayson Cottle, had all been fatally shot.

Investigation quickly focused on 35-year-old Jonah Adams, identified as JoAnna’s former boyfriend and the father of the twins. Adams was taken into custody later the same day near his Waldorf, Maryland home by agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Kaelyn, JoAnna and the two children.

The community was left grieving after the killings. If anyone knew Kaelyn, the family’s routines, or observed suspicious activity around Laurel Oak Road on or before November 18, 2022, please come forward with information.