On October 16, 2020, two teenagers were found dead in the basement of a Griffith, Indiana, residence near the 5900 block of West 51st Avenue. Elijah Robinson, 18, and his friend Maxwell Kroll, 17, had sustained fatal gunshot wounds; the Lake County Coroner’s Office ruled their deaths a double homicide. Authorities were notified after the girlfriend of one victim discovered the scene and called law enforcement.

Investigators tied the killings to a dispute over a missing handgun. Detectives say a local woman accused one of the teens of failing to return a weapon she had previously given him. Ballistic evidence recovered at the scene included a casing that matched a gun later seized from a storage unit linked to one of the suspects. Three people were arrested in connection with the case, and prosecutors alleged two adults went to the home to retrieve the firearm, resulting in the deadly encounter.

Some legal actions have followed, including charges against two adults and a plea by another man who agreed to testify. Does anyone have information about Elijah Robinson or Maxwell Kroll that could help clarify what happened that day?