A family has been left heartbroken, trying to somehow understand the unthinkable.
A random, vicious attack killed Martin County couple John Stevens III and Michelle Mishcon.
Wednesday, John’s son, John Stevens IV, spoke about his loving parents and his anger about their murders.
“Everybody is shocked,” said Stevens. “It’s a hard thing to imagine.”
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He shared a harsh reality. His dad will never get the chance to meet and to hold his new granddaughter. “He was super excited…so that’s made it that much more hard for us.”
His daughter’s baptism is about two weeks away. That’s when John’s dad was going to meet his new granddaughter.
“My dad and Michelle, they were great people, and we were super close,” said Stevens, a former Marine who now lives outside Kansas City.
He talked about his Dad and Michelle's love of boating and fishing and their chocolate labs. He also spoke about the garage where they were attacked. It was a place they loved that John says they called it their "Garage Mahal.”
However, mixed in with their unimaginable heartbreak is outrage. Why did the 19 year-old suspected killer suddenly and without reason attack his parents?
“Normal people don’t make the decision to go take drugs and then kill people regardless of what was in the drugs,” Stevens said.
He said that he believes there's more to this violent behavior than drugs.
He thinks the suspect was, “violent, repressed, entitled and upset and wanted to hurt somebody and now he’s hurt a bunch of people.”
Stevens said he wants the prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case, but he fears they will not.
