Patricia Ann Shack, 65, was found dead in her Marianna, Florida home on March 5, 2019, with a fatal gunshot wound to the head. A 911 call early that morning came from her 14-year-old grandson, Justin Andre Shack Jr., reporting an apparent break-in and that someone had shot his grandmother. Deputies recovered a shotgun and two .22 caliber rifles at the scene.

Investigators from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and other agencies found no evidence of forced entry or an outside scent trail, and K-9 units did not detect footprints leading away from the house. Forensic testing matched the bullet recovered from Patricia Shack’s body to one of the .22 rifles found in the home. Inconsistencies in the grandson’s account and the forensic findings led to an arrest warrant; Justin Shack Jr. was taken into custody in Tallahassee and held in the Leon County Juvenile Detention Facility on an open count of murder as he awaited his first court appearance.

Anyone who knew Patricia or the family, or who may have information about the events of March 5, 2019, is asked to come forward.