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On the morning of April 15, 2016, 22-year-old Melissa J. Zuk was fatally shot inside an apartment in Etna, Pennsylvania, along with her boyfriend, 30-year-old Derek Schindler. Both victims had been drinking and smoking marijuana with the apartment’s occupant, Joshua Huber, and a fourth person when an argument broke out over about $40 that was reported missing.

Huber later admitted to shooting Zuk and Schindler, saying Zuk struck him first and that he shot Schindler after Schindler charged at him; investigators noted neither victim was armed. A neighbor who heard the disturbance confronted Huber with a 12-gauge shotgun and held him until police arrived. Huber was arrested and tried on two counts of criminal homicide, with his defense asserting self-defense and the prosecution highlighting inconsistent accounts. After a weeklong trial and initial deadlock, the jury acquitted Huber on May 10, 2017.

Did anyone know Melissa or Derek, or have information about that April 2016 gathering in Etna?