Gary Eastburn Family Murders

25 years later widower recalls slain family.
Gary eastburn family murders. It would take 25 years to find the killer and bring him to justice. Her husband gary eastburn was frequently away. In 1985 jana eastburn not yet 2 years old was at her family s fayetteville n c home with her mother katie and young sisters kara 5 and erin 3. Timothy hennis to death for the murder of eastburn s wife and two of his three children in 1985.
This time he was attending an air force captain in training school in alabama. Gary eastburn was away for 10 weeks of training at maxwell air force base in alabama. A family was slaughtered in their home. 25 years later widower recalls slain family.
The eastburns were a military family and matriarch kathryn was used to raising her three children five year old kara three year old erin and 21 month old jana alone while her husband served in the air force. The three were killed in their home in may 1985 on the outskirts of fayetteville n c. The family lived in fayetteville north carolina and eastburn s husband gary was a captain in the united states air force who was away in alabama for training at the time of their murder. Army was convicted in 1986 of the murders of kathryn katie eastburn and her two daughters kara 5 and erin 3.
The eastburn family in 1985 katie eastburn and two of her daughters were brutally murdered while her husband was away. The eastburns were going to move to another country. She was a military wife after all. I hope you guys know what you re doing hennis told law enforcement officials.
In may 1985 a young military wife katie eastburn was at home on fort bragg with her three daughters cara age 5 erin age 3 and janna 21 months. Katie eastburn was used to going it alone. Former air force capt. A few days later he was arrested for her murder.
On mother s day 1985 the bodies of kathryn eastburn and two of her children kara and erin were found brutally murdered in their fayetteville north carolina home. Timothy hennis then a sergeant in the u s. Tim hennis was an army sergeant in 1985 when he paid a visit to the home of katie eastburn the wife of an air force captain. Ap when he moved to washington state in 1998 gary eastburn put the three shoe boxes filled with photographs on the shelf of a closet in a spare bedroom.
A military jury sentenced master sgt.