On August 29, 1994, a house fire on East Virginia Avenue in Vinton, Virginia revealed a quadruple homicide. Firefighters found the charred bodies of William Blaine Hodges, 41, Teresa Lynn Hodges, 37, and their daughters Winter Ashley Hodges, 11, and Anah Michelle Hodges, 3. The two girls were discovered in an upstairs bedroom; the parents were found elsewhere in the home.

Autopsies determined the deaths were not caused by the fire. Teresa Hodges had been strangled and was found burning on a downstairs couch after being doused with an accelerant. Blaine Hodges died of a single gunshot wound to the head in his bed. Both Winter and Anah suffered two gunshot wounds to the head. Investigation focused on family friend Earl Conrad Bramblett after evidence including audiotapes and writings, a truck seen leaving the scene, ballistics linking ammunition in his possession to the crime scene, and a pubic hair in the girls’ bed tied him to the killings.

Earl Conrad Bramblett was arrested, tried, and in 1997 found guilty of the murders. He was sentenced to death. Does anyone have information about the Hodges family or the events surrounding that night?