Olga Bariso, 85, was shot multiple times while asleep on her living room couch in Lodi, New Jersey, in the early morning of December 29, 2013. She was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center for emergency surgery but remained in critical condition and died on January 11, 2014; an autopsy confirmed her death was a homicide.

Police identified a suspect from within the home: her 28-year-old grandson, Joseph Bariso, who lived there and was arrested hours after the shooting in nearby Rutherford. Initial charges of attempted murder were upgraded to murder after Olga’s death; additional charges included illegal weapons possession and hindering apprehension. Hearings raised concerns about Joseph Bariso’s mental state, including a history of going absent without leave from the U.S. Army. A judge later found him not guilty by reason of insanity, and he was placed under the state Department of Human Services for treatment.

Did anyone in Lodi know Olga or her family and have details about the days leading up to December 29, 2013?