Peter Carl Brodick III, 45, was one of two victims shot to death in the Otter Lake area on March 30, 2018. His 55-year-old stepmother, Wendy Brodick, was also fatally shot; Peter Brodick Jr.’s body was found inside a home on the 9800 block of Boucher Road in Watertown Township, and Wendy’s body was located two days later near a silo in Millington Township.

Investigators identified 36-year-old Adam Balcer of Otter Lake as a suspect. Balcer had been a tenant in a house owned by the Brodick family and was reportedly behind on rent, with eviction proceedings under way; that dispute is described as a believed motive. At the time he was sought, Balcer was listed as a parole absconder with a prior larceny-in-a-building conviction from 2013.

Balcer was arrested and arraigned on 17 counts, including two counts of murder, possession of a weapon by a felon, tampering with evidence, and unlawful imprisonment, and was held on a $2 million bond. Does anyone in the community have information about Balcer’s relationship with the family or the eviction dispute?