Evan Scoggins was 20 and studying filmmaking at the College of Southern Nevada when he and his mother, 44-year-old Anastasiya Akutsina, were shot to death inside their Henderson, Nevada, home on the evening of October 11, 2024. A neighbor on Black Rock Hills Drive reported seeing Evan’s stepfather, 41-year-old Karl Groschen, push Evan out of the garage while yelling for him to leave; the neighbor then heard a gunshot, a scream, Evan running back into the house, and several more gunshots. Evan’s father later said he believed Evan ran back inside to protect his mother and his 5-year-old half-brother.

Police found Anastasiya dead in the garage and Evan deceased in the laundry room; investigators determined Evan had been shot five times and his mother four times. A 9mm handgun was recovered and officers found no evidence supporting Groschen’s claim that he had been in danger. Groschen called 911 that evening and was arrested at the scene. He was held without bail and later indicted on two counts of open murder with the use of a deadly weapon and a count of child abuse, neglect, or endangerment with a deadly weapon because the couple’s young son was present.

Does anyone have information about Evan’s life, his time at the College of Southern Nevada, or what was seen that night that could help investigators?