Dameon Huffman was living with his great-grandparents, Jack, 51, and Linda Myers, 55, when Jack’s son from his first marriage, went on a rampage
Emilia Randall GAU Writer
08:35, 21 Oct 2025
Dameon woke in the middle of the night and saw a green monster standing in his doorway(Image: Unseen/Youtube)
A young boy feigned sleep as the man who brutally murdered his family stood at his bedroom door, but his swift thinking led to the police apprehending the killer.
Four-year-old Dameon Huffman was residing with his great-grandparents, Jack, 51, and Linda Myers, 55, in Darke County, Ohio, US, when 25-year-old Greg Myers, Jack’s son from a previous marriage, went on a violent spree.
The Myers family were highly respected within their local community, lived on a 40-acre farm, and also operated a popular pizza restaurant. Dameon’s mother – Amber – was just 16 when she gave birth to him, but they were due to be reunited once he finished pre-school.
Greg had been the best man at Jack and Linda’s wedding less than a year prior to the attack, but when he fell into financial difficulties, he put on a dark green jumpsuit and latex gloves, intending to seize his inheritance through the barrel of a shotgun.
On the morning of 27 March 2003, the 25-year-old murdered both his father and Linda by shooting them in the head at point-blank range whilst they were asleep, reports the Mirror.
The boy hoped feigning sleep would trick his nightmare creature into leaving him alone(Image: Unseen/Youtube)
When the police began their investigation, they suspected that Dameon might have come across the murderer when they discovered traces of blood in his bedroom.
Dameon lacked the vocabulary to articulate the terror he witnessed but subsequently disclosed the glimpse of a ‘spectral’ figure to officers after they constructed a model dwelling, complete with dolls to attempt to coax him into recounting that morning. Positioning Greg’s figure towards his own bedroom, he murmured “I heard a click”, alluding to his door being opened.
When the youngster ventured downstairs that morning, he discovered both his great-grandparents deceased. He attempted to ring 911 but the telephone line had been severed.
Dameon fled barefoot to his nursery school, drenched in blood, where he reported that his loved ones “were melting.”
Officers discovered the front entrance wide open. The dwelling was quiet – with no indication of a struggle in the kitchen.
They subsequently found the bodies remained warm.
Greg Myers was the best man at his dad’s wedding less than a year earlier (Image: Unseen/Youtube)
Investigators questioned neighbours and acquaintances and uncovered nothing until suspicion was directed towards Greg, who appeared for interrogation claiming he was at his workplace during the time of the offence, producing his timecard as evidence. He even offered to take a polygraph examination and permitted them to search his residence.
Several days afterwards, five miles from the property, police discovered a shotgun in the brook and found the serial number had been erased – they cross-referenced firearms transactions and located an advertisement for the Winchester shotgun – they traced the vendor who provided a notepad listing Greg Myer’s name as the purchaser. Police delved further and discovered that Greg was in severe financial difficulty.
He would inherit Jack and Linda’s entire farm if they passed away. When confronted with the evidence, Greg denied owning anything like a green jumpsuit.
Greg was subsequently brought back for a second round of questioning, where he maintained that he had sold the shotgun.
The great-grandchild would later say he heard the door ‘click'(Image: Unseen/Youtube)
A squad of officers then discovered another piece of evidence – a bin bag tied up in the stream. It contained a dark green jumpsuit, latex gloves, and a pair of tennis shoes.
A fingerprint on one of the gloves matched his exactly. Investigators believe he purposefully wore smaller shoes.
Lead investigator Mark Whittaker informed Amber that she was being charged. She said “I just dropped to my knees – I couldn’t believe it. Greg was family, he was someone I trusted.”
In April 2004, a year after the murders, he faced trial for two counts of aggravated murder.
The defence tried to argue that the weather was circumstantial, while the prosecution stated Dameon “saw what no child should ever have to see.”
A jury found Gregg guilty on both charges of aggravated murder and one count of aggravated robbery. He was given two life sentences without parole.
According to Forensic Files, Gregg Myers is serving his sentence at Ohio’s Marion Correctional Institution.