On March 25, 2002, 15-year-old Stanley Willis of Merced, California, was among four children killed in a family homicide. The attacker was Stanley’s stepfather, John Hogan, a retired Santa Clara County sheriff’s deputy. Hogan shot Stanley, the siblings, and his own 5-year-old daughter. Hogan’s ex-wife, Christine McFadden, discovered the scene after returning from a morning jog and alerted authorities.

McFadden had previously filed for divorce and sought a restraining order in 1998, citing Hogan’s verbal abuse and a volatile temper. Hogan gained access to the family home on the morning of the killings; the motive reported in connection with the shootings has not been established. With Hogan dead at the scene, there were no further arrests.

Does anyone have memories of Stanley or the family, or information about the years leading up to March 25, 2002?