Sanders Baccus, a 71-year-old Dayton grocer and business owner, was found beaten to death in his Lakeview Avenue home on January 18, 1987. One of his daughters discovered the scene; the attack was described as brutal and the crime shocked the family and community. The case remained cold for decades.

In November 2015 one of Baccus’s daughters, Linda Baccus, confessed to her pastor that she had killed her father and then reported her admission to authorities. She was charged, later pled guilty to one count of involuntary manslaughter, and in May 2017—when she was 62—was sentenced to five years in prison; she waived her right to appeal and was not eligible for early release. Motive and many circumstances around the attack were not fully detailed in court filings, and family dynamics were cited as a complicating factor.

Did anyone in Dayton at the time remember Sanders Baccus or have information about the family situation in the years before 1987?