On the evening of January 14, 1980, in Evansville, Indiana, four-year-old Gregory Patrick Gilligan, his five-year-old sister Lisa, and their parents Patrick and Theresa were murdered during a home invasion. The family returned to their house and interrupted a burglary. The intruder, identified as Donald Ray Wallace Jr., had begun by breaking into a neighboring home and then entered the Gilligan residence believing it unoccupied.

He left with stolen items and was later found hiding in a friend’s attic with blood on his clothing and property taken from the Gilligan home. Wallace was arrested, tried, and in October 1982 a jury found him guilty of four counts of murder.

The trial included testimony that Wallace had confessed to friends, while Wallace claimed an accomplice committed the killings. Wallace was sentenced to death. Does anyone have additional memories or information about the Gilligan family or the events that night?