On Mother's Day 1985, a young mother and her two little girls were found dead in their home near Ft. Bragg, NC. The youngest of her daughters was left alive, alone, crying, and dehydrated in her crib waiting for a rescue. The murders bore a striking resemblance to the 1970 killings at Ft. Bragg of the MacDonald family. Investigators had to figure out if this was a copycat crime or a totally unrelated case.

Narrator: Curtis Hildreth
Intro and Outro Music: Isaiah Hildreth

Sources:
Whisnant,  Scott.  Innocent Victims; The Spellbinding Account of An Unthinkable True-Crime. Onyx, 1993.
https://thecrimewire.com/true-crime/staff-sergeant-tim-hennis-murder
https://www.newspapers.com/image/623994986/?terms=Eastburn&match=1
https://www.newspapers.com/image/624000237/?terms=Eastburn&match=1
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/11/14/three-trials-for-murder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastburn_family_murders
https://www.foxnews.com/us/25-years-later-widower-recalls-slain-family

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