Jacob Peglow was 15 when he was shot and killed on July 26, 2017, at a friend’s home in the town of Farmington, Wisconsin. What began as an afternoon with friends ended when a .22-caliber handgun discharged inside the house on Rieben Road; Jacob was pronounced dead at the scene.

Initially described as an accident, the investigation and subsequent court proceedings produced a different account. Prosecutors say Jacob and a 17-year-old friend, Austin Hovarter, had been shooting a rifle outside before going indoors. Inside, Jacob examined an antique musket while Hovarter removed a handgun from an open safe, held it in a “gangster display” and pulled the trigger. The prosecution emphasized that social-media photos showing Jacob’s former girlfriend with Hovarter were relevant to motive and disputed the claim that the shooting was purely accidental.

In March 2018 Hovarter was sentenced to 10 years in prison; his sentence included speaking at hunter safety courses and contributions to a memorial fund in Jacob’s name. Did anyone in Farmington or Waupaca know Jacob or the boys involved and have details to share about that day?