Robert was arrested Friday, more than 44 years after Helen was found stabbed to death in her South Sacramento apartment. Her one-year-old son was inside when she was found. In 2016, the Sacramento Police Department re-opened the case and DNA evidence pointed to Robert Terry as a suspect.

John Mays talks about his sister Helen Terry, who was stabbed to death in 1980, after the arraignment of Robert Terry on Oct. 3, 2024, in Sacramento Superior Court. The defendant was accused of fatally stabbing Helen Terry 13 times after new information was uncovered in the cold case from “advanced investigative methods.