Colorado 1984 Bennett Family Massacre Cold Case SOLVED — Arrest Shocks Community

On January 15, 1984, someone walked into the Bennett family's Aurora, Colorado home and beat four people with a hammer. Three died. The youngest survived. For 37 years, the killer's identity sat locked in a DNA sample nobody could match, until a 2018 Nevada prisoner-testing law finally gave investigators a name. This is the story of Bruce, Debra, Melissa, and Vanessa Bennett, and the decades-long hunt for the man behind their murders. Subscribe for more carefully researched, victim-centered cold cases.