A family argument in White Cloud, Michigan, turned deadly on December 27, 2021. During a dispute outside a camper trailer on a property off East Pierce Drive, 38-year-old Joshua Dakan was shot and killed by his father, 69-year-old Darrel Dean Dakan. Darrel Dakan retrieved a rifle from the trailer; the first attempt to fire either misfired or the gun was not loaded, but a second shot struck Joshua in the back, piercing his lung and heart. First responders administered aid, but Joshua died at the scene.

Police had been called to the residence the day before for a domestic dispute, and relatives reported a history of arguments between father and son. Darrel Dakan was arrested and charged with open murder and a weapons charge; prosecutors noted struggles with substance abuse that they said affected his anger. A judge denied a bond request by his public defender on medical grounds because of the crime’s serious nature. After a week-long jury trial, on December 2, 2022, Darrel Dakan was found guilty of second-degree murder and a felony firearm charge, with sentencing set for January 31, 2023.

Did anyone in the White Cloud area know Joshua or the family and have information about their history of disputes?