On October 12, 1991, 72-year-old Floyd Jenkins and his 69-year-old friend Lee Hopewell Brinklow were found slain in their Warren County, Virginia, home. The killings were violent: authorities say a 22-caliber rifle was used to shoot both victims and that Jenkins was also repeatedly stabbed. Wallets, cash, and other valuables were taken from the house.

Police arrested Jenkins’s nephew, 22-year-old Arthur Ray Jenkins III, and a 16-year-old accomplice the day after the murders; the charges included capital murder for killing more than one person in the same act and murder during a robbery. Prosecutors said Arthur had long harbored anger toward his uncle and later claimed he had planned to kill him because of alleged past abuse.

The case went to trial in June 1991, resulting in guilty verdicts and a death sentence for Arthur Ray Jenkins III. If anyone knew Floyd Jenkins, Lee Brinklow, or has information about their deaths, please share what we might have missed.