On June 1, 2006, 56-year-old Alberto Covarrubias was among seven people fatally shot inside a house at 560 North Hamilton Avenue in Indianapolis in what came to be called the Hamilton Avenue murders. Covarrubias, a native of Zacatecas, Mexico, worked as a maintenance supervisor for a property management company. The victims included his wife Emma Valdez, their sons Alberto Jr., 11, and David, 8, Valdez’s adult children Flora Albarran, 22, and Magno Albarran, 29, and Flora’s son Luis Albarran, 5. Investigators recovered 23 discharged 7.62x39mm cartridge casings; the assailants used a military-style weapon.

The killings appeared to follow a robbery motivated by a false rumor that the house held a safe with large amounts of cash and drugs. Two suspects were identified: James Stewart, arrested the day after the murders, and Desmond Turner, who surrendered two days later. Prosecutors alleged the violence escalated after Magno Albarran confronted the intruders; Stewart said Turner began shooting. Both men were charged with seven counts of murder and related offenses.

Did anyone in the Indianapolis area have information about the family or that stretch of Hamilton Avenue in 2006?