On March 18, 2023, David Metzig, 72, and his wife Jan, 71, were found dead in their Wolf River, Wisconsin, home. The couple, owners of the Union Star Cheese Factory, were discovered in the bedroom wrapped in blankets with bags over their heads and both had fatal gunshot wounds. A 911 call from the residence that morning was disconnected before any information could be given, prompting a welfare check by sheriff’s deputies.

Suspicion centered on one of the couple’s five sons, Erik Metzig, who lived with them but was absent from the house and missing along with his vehicle. Investigators reported an AR-style rifle with a loaded magazine on the kitchen table, unfired 9mm bullets near the bodies, and a journal in Erik’s bedroom describing a plan to eliminate his parents and stage their disappearance.

Erik Metzig was later located about 35 miles away at a YMCA in Kimberly and was detained. What else is known about the family, their relationships, or possible motives?