641 Muriel Ct, Tallahassee, FL 32303

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The ongoing investigation into the October 22, 1966, murders of Robert Sims, his wife Helen, and their 12-year-old daughter Joy remains active.
The Sims family was tragically bound, shot, and stabbed to death in their Muriel Court home, located off Gibbs Drive.
The discovery of their bodies came when another daughter returned home from a babysitting job, while many Tallahassee residents were attending the Mississippi State vs.
Florida State football game.
The brutal nature of the crime marked 1966 as a pivotal year in the city's history.
In the wake of the murders, Tallahassee experienced a profound shift in its sense of security.
The community saw a surge in precautions: doors that were once left open were locked, and the pastor of one of the city's largest churches became a suspect.
An entire lake was drained in search of evidence, and Halloween festivities were nearly canceled.
Residents took drastic measures, with women filling water guns with ammonia for self-defense, children being kept indoors at night, and police patrolling the streets with German shepherds, all in the search for the perpetrators who had violently attacked the Sims family.
Even forty years later, the memory of the brutal crime continues to resonate with those who lived through that chilling period.

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641 Muriel Ct, Tallahassee, FL 32303, USA, City - Leon County