Looking at the July 5, 1926, edition of the Pensacola Journal, there was no front-page news of fireworks or parades commemorating the nation's 150th anniversary a day earlier. Instead, there was horror screaming across the front page. "FAMILY IS ATTACKED BY AXE-MAN." Now, as the nation counts down to July 4, 2026, and the country's 250th anniversary, that brutal crime, which killed one and left three others, including two children, wounded, remains unsolved.