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On a cold November day in 1997, the life of six-year-old Eric Holton was tragically cut short in Shelbyville, Tennessee. Eric, along with his older brothers, Stephen, 12, and Brent, 10, and their four-year-old half-sister, Kayla, were murdered by their own father, Daryl Keith Holton, a 36-year-old Gulf War veteran. The devastating event unfolded on November 30, 1997, under the guise of a Christmas shopping trip.

Daryl Holton picked up his children for what they believed would be a festive ...Read More
Victim Details

Eric Holton

Male

White / Caucasian

Shelbyville

TN

1997-11-30

6

Eric

Holton

01/06/2026