On Christmas night 2006, 18-year-old Ryan Thomas Waller and his girlfriend Heather Quan were at their Phoenix apartment when two men, Richie Lee Carver and his father Larry Lloyd Carver, forced entry. The assailants shot Waller in the head and fatally shot Quan, then ransacked the apartment and stole electronics and a guitar.

Waller survived the initial attack but sustained a gunshot wound to the left side of his face that caused brain swelling and left fragments behind his eye. When his parents raised the alarm after he missed Christmas dinner, officers found Quan dead and Waller injured; police initially treated Waller as a suspect and interrogated him for hours while he was dazed and incoherent before he received medical care. He was hospitalized 35 days and suffered debilitating seizures thereafter.

Both Richie and Larry Carver were eventually captured and convicted on charges including murder, burglary, aggravated assault, and weapons offenses; Richie received life without parole and Larry was later sentenced to life in prison. Waller’s seizure disorder, a direct consequence of his injuries, continued and led to his death in January 2016.

If anyone knew Ryan, Heather, or the circumstances at the apartment that night, what additional details can be shared?