Brian Edward Bachtel, 38, was killed on June 3, 2014 in Pass Christian, Mississippi after an argument over drug money with a man described as his best friend, 29-year-old Stephen Hagin. The argument escalated and Hagin, reportedly under the influence of drugs and hallucinating, shot Bachtel in the left ear with a .410 shotgun. Bachtel’s body was then concealed in a wooded area off Bell Creek Road; a borrowed car was abandoned near where the remains were left.

Bachtel is remembered as a son, husband, father and an auto mechanic and construction worker. He left four children and four grandchildren. Hagin, a bricklayer and general laborer who reportedly had struggled with drug abuse since his teens and had ties to the Latin Kings, was sentenced to 40 years in prison on second-degree murder charges and expressed remorse at sentencing. The two families reportedly consoled one another in court.

If anyone knew Brian Bachtel or has information about the events leading up to June 3, 2014, please come forward.