[6][7] During the last week of March, 2012, Tucker Cipriano and his friend Ian Zinderman met and befriended Mitchell Young in Farmington Hills where the three all lived.
[8] His mother required him to move out of her home due to his not having taken steps to finance enrollment in college.
To this end, Young drove the men to the house, and waited in his truck nearby while Zinderman boosted Cipriano as he entered the garage side window.
Subsequently, the three drove nine miles north to a Mobil Station in Keego Harbor near the residence of Cipriano's girlfriend.
But as these roles were being assigned, Cipriano became upset and hesitant at the thought of having his younger sister, Isabella, killed.
Once again, Zinderman aided Cipriano in climbing into the garage where he found a gift debit card.
Satisfied with this despite their larger aim, the group drove back north to Keego Harbor in Young's truck.
[13] Both Tucker and Young were under the influence of the synthetic drug known as K2 during the attack,[14] a fact that would become a major fixation of the subsequent murder trial.
[15] The audio recording from Tanner Cipriano's several 9-1-1 calls also played a major role in the perpetrators' trials.
[15] Tucker Cipriano pled nolo contendere (no contest) to first-degree felony murder and was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
[15] On October 28, 2015, Mitchell Young's appeal was denied, and all convictions were upheld by the Michigan Supreme Court.
Mitchell Jordan Young (born January 16, 1992)[17] was Tucker Cipriano's friend who was found guilty of all charges.