On the evening of November 20, 2020, a dropped 911 call brought deputies to a home on Grand Street in Elberta, Michigan, where three people were found fatally shot. Victims included 20-year-old Malachi Andrew Maloney, 63-year-old Marilyn Schultz Freebold, and 27-year-old Robert James Freebold. Malachi was a Frankfort High School graduate studying accounting at Northwestern Michigan College and was remembered as kind and gentle, who enjoyed cooking, video games, and summers with cousins.

Investigators focused on 58-year-old Robert Michael Freebold, Marilyn’s ex-husband and the father of Robert James Freebold. He was found at the scene with non-life-threatening head injuries, treated at a hospital, then arrested on three counts of open murder. Forensic testimony at the April 2023 trial described Malachi as having four close-range, fatal gunshot wounds to the head with stippling consistent with a small-caliber firearm; prosecutors said a .22-caliber pistol recovered at the scene was the murder weapon.

Does anyone have information about Malachi’s last days or the people who were at that Grand Street address on November 20, 2020?