FORT WAYNE, Ind. ---When it came time for Devon Stewart to speak, he tried to explain why he shot an 86-year-old woman standing inside her front door, defenseless, around 10:30 p.m. on June 1 of last year. Just 18, no place to call home, according to a probable cause affidavit, he was just “following the crowd” and didn’t realize until later the “severity” of his actions.

Responding officers and EMS found the younger brother crying over his dead brother, cradling him in his arms, according to the probable cause affidavit submitted by homicide detective Aaron Johnson. Detectives plumbed social media and found rap videos tying Recht, now 21, to the homicides. Words like “All that dissing he was doing, they ain’t think we was going to get him back, front yard Boogie, more through the mail you gonna get it back.”

Chavez Gustin will spend close to the rest of his life in prison, having taken a guilty plea for the murder of Roger Swedzinski. The 22-year-old didn’t know Swedzinski, 67, a widower who lived alone on 17 acres in northwest Allen County. But he scoped out Swedzinski after he saw the older man’s post on Facebook Marketplace advertising 10 2006 1/10oz. American Eagle gold coins for sale, according to the probable cause affidavit written by Allen County Det./Cpl. Gabe Furn