On New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2013, 14-year-old David John Ernest Carpenter-Kohler of Barberton, Ohio, was killed during a home invasion at his father’s house on Seventh Street Northeast. David and his 18-year-old sister Ashley Carpenter were found together in a back bedroom with multiple gunshot wounds to the head; David also had defensive wounds on his arms. Their father, John Kohler, died of his injuries three days later.

Brothers Michael Deon Hendon, 22, and Eric Donta Hendon, 30, both of Akron, were arrested and charged with aggravated murder; prosecutors said the brothers targeted the home to rob John Kohler of drugs and money. The suspects were held on $10 million bond and faced additional charges, including a possible death penalty specification, and they entered not guilty pleas after a Summit County grand jury review.

David and Ashley were active in their school bands and remembered by hundreds at a candlelight vigil. Anyone with information about the home invasion or the victims is asked to come forward.