Patricia A. Patti Boyer, 61, was one of four people killed in Farwell, Michigan, on October 20, 2021. Deputies responding to a shooting at a South Harrison Avenue residence found two men, Wade H. Bacon, 39, and Zachary A. Salminen, 36, with gunshot wounds; Salminen was pronounced dead at the scene and Bacon died at a hospital. Investigation of the property uncovered two more bodies in an outbuilding: Patricia Boyer and her 85-year-old father, Henry L. Boyer.

Authorities named Patricia’s sister, Judy Marie Boyer, as a suspect and arrested her the next day in neighboring Wexford County. Investigators said Judy Boyer possessed a hit list and that the four victims had been targeted. Court filings from September 2022 show Judy Boyer pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree premeditated murder for Henry and Patricia Boyer and two counts of second-degree murder for Bacon and Salminen. A nephew, Ryan Beatty, was also charged for allegedly aiding Judy Boyer and helping dispose of the .22 caliber rifle used in the killings.

Did anyone in the community know of tensions within the Boyer family or have information about the events leading up to October 20, 2021?