On August 21, 1981, a family in Indianapolis was the scene of a mass killing that left six people dead. Two-year-old Berkina Rochelle Bell was among those murdered; the victims also included her mother, 26-year-old Bertha Mae Kirby Bell, three siblings — Bertina Michelle, 4, King Edward II, 6, and one-year-old Kingston Edward — and 54-year-old grandmother Mary Alice Kirby.

Police allege the children’s father, King Edward Bell, committed the shootings after his estranged wife had recently moved out. Officers found the four children shot in the head in the basement and a message in chalk reading Jesus take them all to heaven on a basement wall. Bell was found holding a shotgun and reportedly urged officers to kill him; he was taken into custody and charged with six counts of murder and the attempted murder of his wife’s boyfriend, who was critically wounded. Bell pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity amid reports of erratic behavior and suicide attempts before and during his trial.

Does anyone have additional details about the family or the case that could help clarify what happened that day?