On September 21, 2024, Anthony Maxa, 76, and his wife Shari Mallory-Maxa, 74, were found dead in their Austin home on Brookhill Drive with multiple gunshot wounds. An autopsy found Anthony had been shot six times, including at least one shot from less than three feet, while Shari had three gunshot wounds. Their grandson, 21-year-old Chevy Kyler Monaghan, was arrested at the scene and charged with capital murder. Family members had requested a welfare check after they could not reach the couple and were told by Monaghan that the grandparents were inside and unharmed; officers who entered discovered the bodies in a hallway. Investigators recovered ammunition in Monaghan’s pockets, some of the grandmother’s jewelry and prescription medications, and additional jewelry and blank checks in a vehicle he was loading; the bedroom appeared ransacked with empty jewelry boxes and open dresser drawers.

The deaths were recorded as Austin’s 44th and 45th homicides of 2024. A vigil for Anthony and Shari was held at Garrison Park on September 28, 2024, and funeral services were scheduled for October 3, 2024. Does anyone have information about the Maxa family or the events at the Brookhill Drive home that evening?