In spring 1991, a burglary spree in the Phoenix area escalated to deadly violence when 65-year-old James McClain was shot in the back of the head at close range while asleep in his bed. Two half-brothers, James McKinney and Charles Hedlund, broke into McClain’s home, killed him with a sawed-off rifle, then stole his watch, three handguns, and his car.

The same pair had been linked to the earlier murder of another resident, Christine Mertens. Both McKinney and Hedlund were eventually arrested and tried; juries convicted each man of murder charges related to McClain’s death along with burglary and theft counts. Sentencing followed and both men were placed on Arizona’s death row.

What details about McClain’s life or his neighborhood might help explain how two burglars targeted his home?