On the morning of February 25, 2014, Glade Spring, Virginia, suffered a mass domestic homicide that killed 74-year-old Nancy Griffin, her daughter Kristin Palmer, 46, and Kristin’s son Griffin Palmer, 17. Nancy, a retired administrative assistant from Emory & Henry College, was at home when the attack began.

Kevin Dale Palmer, Kristin’s husband and Griffin’s father, forced his way into the family home carrying two firearms and shot Nancy, Kristin, and Griffin. Nancy’s husband, Terry Griffin, was also shot but survived. Kristin and her son had obtained emergency restraining orders days earlier; the court had extended those orders on February 24 after previous domestic abuse complaints and an earlier arrest for assault and battery, for which Kevin Palmer was out on bond.

The killings shocked the town and campus community and prompted vigils and memorials. If anyone knew Nancy, Kristin, Griffin, or had information about the events leading up to February 25, please come forward.