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On January 18, 1989, a triple homicide in Knoxville left nine-year-old Demarcus Miller, his six-year-old sister Tanesha, and their 28-year-old mother Eula dead inside their home at 1403 W. Oldham Avenue. Each was found with a single close-range large-caliber gunshot wound to the chest. No weapon was recovered at the scene.
A broken window, apparently forced from the outside, prompted early speculation about a home invasion. Investigators also considered murder-suicide, but the missing firearm made that theory unlikely. Relatives said there was little of value to steal and food stamps were left behind. Eula had reportedly feared an ex-boyfriend, but police later ruled both him and her ex-husband out as suspects. A phone call to police reporting the deaths shortly after the murders has never been traced to an identified caller.
The case remains open and unsolved with no arrests or publicly identified suspects. Did anyone in Knoxville at the time know the Millers, their neighbors, or recall unusual visitors or calls around January 18, 1989?