On August 11, 2006, 61-year-old Viola Mae Morgan and her sister, 63-year-old Betty A. Brown were shot and killed at their mobile home in the Avra Estates park in Reading Township, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Neighbors say their across-the-street neighbor, 55-year-old Stephen Moench, began acting erratically, first throwing stones and then firing a shotgun at the sisters. Moench also fired at a nearby trailer, severing a natural gas line that ignited a fire; two women inside that trailer escaped without physical injury.

Law enforcement arrested Moench at the scene. Investigators described the shootings as intentional and charged him with multiple felonies, including two counts of first-degree murder for the deaths of Morgan and Brown, three counts of attempted murder for those endangered in the neighboring home, plus arson and careless discharge of a weapon. A jury later found Moench guilty on all counts and he was sentenced to mandatory life without parole for the murders of Viola Morgan and Betty Brown.

Are there readers who knew Viola Morgan or who can add details about the sisters’ lives or the Avra Estates neighborhood at that time?