Sean Goetcheus
Donny GoetcheusAt first, Cold Case Unit investigators thought the killers had come for Sean Goetcheus.
In the nearly two decades since Sean and Donny Goetcheus – 25 and 19, respectively – were killed execution-style in their Brainerd home on Jan. 9, 1997, answers have been scarce for the family.
Sean, who was in the kitchen, was shot once in the head, and Donny was shot twice after someone kicked in a bathroom door.
Since reopening the case, Hamilton County Cold Case Unit investigators believed that whoever pulled the trigger in the killings had singled out Sean.
But on Thursday they changed their tune, saying Donny Goetcheus, the younger brother, was more likely the target.