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Trigger Warnings: child death, child molestation (non-descriptive), house fire

The Hodges Family lived a quiet life in the town of Vinton, VA in 1994, Despite some stressful issues happening at the time, they were looking forward to the future. They wouldn't see that future come to fruition, however. One early morning in the fall of 1994, the whole family would be found dead inside their home after a terrible fire.

Was this a case of family annihilation? Or was there a murderer lurking nearby?

Sources listed below:

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9410/941003/10040023.htm

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1996/rt9608/960801/08010066.htm

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1997/rt9703/970307/03070059.htm

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/va-supreme-court/1069718.html

Forensic Files “Private Thoughts” Season 8, Episode 17

https://www.wsls.com/news/2015/05/05/family-members-ask-for-help-in-roanoke-citys-cold-case/

https://scholar.lib.vt.edu/VA-news/ROA-Times/issues/1994/rt9410/941014/10140072.htm

http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/bramblett845.htm

https://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/bramblett-earl-photos.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20150120000741/http://www.charleyproject.org/cases/r/rader_angela.html