A brutal home invasion in Richmond, Virginia, on October 19, 1979, ended in the deaths of five-year-old Harvey Wayne Barton, his mother Judy Diane Barton, and Harvey W. Wilkerson. The attackers forced their way into the family’s home, bound and gagged the adults, and sexually assaulted Judy Barton before shooting all three victims. The bodies were not found until two days later.

Investigators focused on the Briley brothers — Linwood, James (also given as James Dyral Briley), and Anthony — and an accomplice, Duncan Eric Meekins, who had been seen near the Wilkerson home. Prosecutors later tied those men to a string of violent crimes across the city. James Dyral Briley was convicted of capital murder in connection with Harvey Wayne Barton’s death and other related charges; Linwood Briley also received a capital sentence. Meekins accepted a plea and received life, while Anthony Briley received life plus 119 years when it could not be proven he was the triggerman.

What details about the Barton family or that night could help readers connect this case to memories or information from 1979?