HANCOCK, MI – The grandson and daughter-in-law of an Upper Peninsula man shot to death in his home in 2023 were bound over to District Court for murder this week after disturbing testimony, WJMN reports.
Alvin Kempainen was fatally shot in the head and chest in his Hancock home on Dec. 18, 2023. His grandson Jacob Kempainen, now 21, and daughter-in-law Margaret Kempainen, 50, are charged with murder. His 16-year-old granddaughter was also there, authorities said.
Margaret and Jacob are both charged with first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit manslaughter. Jacob, who is accused of firing the gun, is also charged with illegal possession of a firearm. After hearing testimony at a preliminary hearing this week, the judge transferred both cases and all charges to district court, the television station reported. The next step in the case is to arraign the suspects in that court.
The 16-year-old granddaughter testified that her mother had spent the past two years convincing her that she was a necromancer, meaning she could control the dead. They had left their home in Hartland, Wisconsin, on December 7, 2023, because Margaret said her husband, the victim’s son, was possessed by demons, according to the television station’s statement.
While in Colorado with her mother and brother, the teenager claimed she had a vision of her dead grandfather and an abandoned well on his property filled with corpses. The three then headed to the house, expecting to find him dead and planning to live there, according to testimony.
