Arkansas woman forgave her mother’s killer and even offered him a job at the same house. 2 years later, he killed her too

Forgiveness is supposed to heal, but for Martha McKay, it turned out fatal. When she opened her heart and home to the man who murdered her mother decades earlier, it turned out to be the most dangerous gamble of all.

In 1996, the quiet town of Horseshoe Lake, Arkansas, was shattered when 17-year-old Travis Lewis broke into the historic Snowden family mansion to rob it. There, he found Sally Snowden McKay, 75, and her nephew, Joseph Lee Baker, a well-known Memphis musician. The robbery spiraled into brutal murders, and both Sally and Lee were shot dead. Lewis was soon arrested, convicted, and sentenced to 28 and a half years in prison.