October 7: Police arrested two teenagers, 17-year-old Joseph Lee Raines and 18-year-old Brandon Bouck, for the death of Thomas J. Muffler, 48. Raines and Bouck were charged with first-degree murder and robbery. They asked Muffler, who was homeless, to buy them alcohol, and when Muffler refused because they were underage, they punched him once. Later that night, the two boys saw Muffler with a beer, so they beat him and stole his beer.

Muffler’s body was found in a residential neighborhood, where he collapsed after the beating. An autopsy revealed Muffler probably died from complications of injuries (consisting of broken ribs and a pierced lung) he received. Bouck and Muffler could face up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in April 2008.