DALTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- Seth Privacky and Steven Wallace had no history of violence, yet authorities say the high school classmates committed an almost unfathomable crime -- the fatal shootings of Privacky's father, mother, grandfather, brother and his brother's girlfriend.
"The house was scattered with bodies, there was blood everywhere. This is the most serious and vicious attack on a household that I have ever witnessed," Muskegon County Prosecutor Tony Tague said Monday. "There was little sign of struggle, no tying up. But the shooting occurred with a definite plan of shooting all five."Privacky and Wallace, both 18, were arraigned on murder charges Tuesday.
The victims were Stephen Privacky, 50, a fifth-grade teacher in nearby Muskegon; his wife, Linda Privacky, 49, a receptionist at a medical office; their older son, Jedediah Privacky, 19; Jedediah's girlfriend, April Boss, 19, and Stephen Privacky's father, John Privacky, 78.
Deputies were called late Sunday when Boss' parents went to the Privacky house to look for their daughter. They told the Detroit Free Press that they pulled into the driveway and saw a man leaning over Stephen Privacky's body. The man ran into the house.
Police said they believe both suspects had returned to the house several hours after the shootings to try and conceal the bodies, then fled when Boss' parents arrived. The couple rushed inside to call police, not knowing that four more bodies were strewn throughout the split-level home, Tague said.