that's war a year ago 58-year-old billy ray lovett, his daughter and her boyfriend were murders, shot to death and then set on fire. the burned shell of a home, a reminder of what happened but still no clue last to why. >> really struggling to deal with the pain and the hurt that we have to -- deal with. just tell it. just say something. >> reporter: not knowing is a pain wide enough to blanket two families, the mother of michael jones and the son and brother of the other two victims. >> we've been going through this for over a year here two days short of the exact year mark both families joined police to get answers. handing out these fliers in and around the 4300 block of nicholas avenue in an attempt to zig up a new lead before the case gets too old goes cold. >> you have evidence, forensic evidence that's left on the scene. they've done all they scan do to weed through that. as you put it, it's sometime mid- >> reporter: stymied, it's a curious crime. lovett is recovering from surgery at the time of his killing. police say his daughter and her boyfriend also not an obvious target.