Seventeen-year-old Matthew Minkler was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head inside an abandoned home on Cool Lilac Avenue in Henderson, Nevada, on June 8, 2018. The house had been used as a make-shift party spot by local teenagers. Reports say the shooting occurred while Minkler was with a group of teens, including Jaiden Caruso, then 16, and Kody Harlan, then 17.

Investigators say Caruso allegedly shot Minkler in the face. Rather than render aid or summon help, the other teens left Minkler on the kitchen floor. Caruso reportedly recorded a video of the dying victim and later, Caruso and Harlan returned to wrap Minkler in a plastic sheet, move him to a downstairs closet, spray-painted a derogatory phrase on the closet door, and stole about $300 from his wallet. The two were arrested later that day after a police chase in a stolen Mercedes; officers recovered a .357-caliber revolver and Minkler’s wallet in the car, and Harlan led police to the body.

Both teens were charged as adults; prosecutors argued robbery was the motive rather than a game. Does anyone have additional details about the abandoned house or who else might have been there that day?