On October 19, 1979, 23-year-old Judy Diane Barton, who was eight months pregnant, was murdered in her Richmond, Virginia home. Intruders forced their way in, bound and gagged Judy and her common-law husband, Harvey Wilkerson, and then raped Judy before shooting her multiple times. Harvey Wilkerson and the couple’s 5-year-old son, Harvey, were also shot and killed. The attackers ransacked the house and fled; the three bodies were discovered two days later.

Investigators tied the killings to a violent crime spree carried out by a gang led by the Briley brothers — Linwood, James, and Anthony — and an accomplice, Duncan Eric Meekins. James Briley was convicted of capital murder in the deaths of Judy and her son and of first-degree murder in Wilkerson’s death, as well as rape and robbery. James and Linwood Briley were sentenced to death and later executed; Anthony Briley received life, and Duncan Meekins testified against the brothers and received a more lenient sentence.

Does anyone have memories of the neighborhood at the time or information that might shed more light on the Barton family and the events that night?