On July 3, 2002, Halifax County, Virginia lost three members of the same family in a single violent incident. Patsy Ayers Cole, 64, was shot and killed at her home after a dispute over a shared driveway with a neighbor and distant relative, James Bryant Hudson. Her husband, Thomas Wesley Cole, 64, and his brother, Walter Stanley Cole, 56, were shot and killed earlier that day after encountering Hudson’s truck blocking the driveway.

Hudson retrieved a 12-gauge shotgun from his vehicle and fired through the windshield of the brothers’ truck, killing them. He then went to the Coles’ property and fatally shot Patsy while she was working in her garden before fleeing.

Hudson was arrested the next day after a 23-hour manhunt. If anyone knew Patsy, Thomas, or Walter, or has information about the driveway dispute, please come forward and share what you know.