Janice Irene Swartz, 68, was shot to death at her Littleton, Colorado, home on March 23, 1989, during a violent spree that began before dawn. Investigators say the assailant, 20-year-old Eugene Thompson Jr., moved through south-Denver suburbs armed with a compact semiautomatic submachine-pistol; that rampage also left Janice’s 47-year-old daughter, Beverly J. Swartz, dead.

News accounts describe a large manhunt as Thompson fled, took an 18-year-old hostage in a townhouse and wounded two deputies and the hostage when deputies forced entry. Thompson suffered a self-inflicted head wound and died; authorities linked the weapon used in the final standoff to the earlier double homicide and attributed the murders to his actions in the single, continuous episode.

Are there neighbors or others who remember the early-morning chaos in that area on March 23, 1989, or who can add details about Janice and Beverly’s lives?