On Thanksgiving weekend in Muskegon, Michigan, a family gathering on November 29, 1998, ended with five people killed in the Privacky home. Victims included 78-year-old grandfather John Privacky, 50-year-old Stephen Privacky, 49-year-old Linda Privacky, 19-year-old Jedediah Privacky, and Jedediah’s 19-year-old girlfriend April Boss. Reports say the killings began after a dispute over a threatened eviction and were carried out with a .22 Ruger handgun.

Investigators say the scene was briefly staged to look like a robbery after the shootings. Seth Privacky, 18 and a high school senior, was identified as the primary suspect, was found hiding in a nearby barn the next day, and confessed to the killings; he was charged with five counts of first-degree murder and later pleaded no contest, receiving life without parole. A friend, Steven Wallace, was arrested on allegations of helping move bodies and dispose of the weapon but was later acquitted of those charges.