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On the morning of December 7, 2017, 54-year-old Julie Knetchel was shot and killed while defending her 17-year-old son during a violent home invasion at their mobile home on East Gibson Road in Everett, Washington. Four teenagers forced their way into a shed where the son had been staying, brutally beating and pistol-whipping him. Hearing the attack, Knetchel rushed in unarmed to protect her child and was shot in the chest, the bullet penetrating her heart and lungs. Her son survived after being shot in the back while cradling his mother.

Investigators identified five teenagers in the group: Larry Dorrough, Bryan Rodriguez-Hernandez, Caya Lenay, Mondrell Robertson, and Gladyz Valencia-Anguiano, who acted as a lookout. The teens targeted the son believing he had drugs and money; the robbery had been planned and followed an earlier robbery of the son. All five were arrested and charged, and the defendants were later found guilty for their roles in the robbery and murder as described.

Does anyone have information about the events that night or knew the family and can add detail?