In the spring of 2020 a family gathering in Merrillville, Indiana, ended in fatal violence. On April 4, Crystal Zyzanski, 29, was at the home of her ex-husband Randal Zyzanski with Randal and their three children to mourn the recent death of Randal’s mother, Joan Zyzanski. He asked to speak with Crystal in the kitchen; shortly afterward witnesses heard Crystal call for Randal and then a single gunshot.

Crystal was fatally shot in the neck; an autopsy ruled the death a homicide by gunshot wound to the neck.Randal’s nine-year-old identified their grandfather as the shooter. Police followed cell phone data to locate Frank Zyzanski at a motel in Lansing, Illinois, where he was taken into custody.

The case raises questions about what led to the confrontation and what was witnessed by the children — does anyone have additional details about that day or information that could help clarify what happened?