On Mother’s Day, May 12, 1991, Cynthia Schultz Stewart, 34, was found shot to death inside her farmhouse in Huddleston, Virginia. Her 5-month-old son, Johnathon, was also killed in the home. Reports say the killings occurred after an apparent attempt at reconciliation with Cynthia’s estranged husband, Kenneth Manuel Stewart Jr., who was arrested in connection with the deaths.

In February 1992 a jury convicted Kenneth Stewart of first-degree murder in Cynthia’s death and capital murder in Johnathon’s death. Stewart received a life sentence for Cynthia and a death sentence for Johnathon. After several years of appeals, he allowed his attorneys to withdraw the appeals and accepted the death sentence; his family-in-law reacted publicly to that decision.

What details about that day or the people involved might help explain how such a quiet farmhouse became the scene of this tragedy? If anyone knew Cynthia, Johnathon, or the family, please share information or leads.