'Disturbing' Halloween display at home where teen violently killed his mother, sisters

'Disturbing' Halloween display at home where teen violently killed his mother, sisters

On January 22, 2003, 17-year-old Jon Siesling brutally murdered his mom and two younger sisters in a gruesome triple homicide. The crimes took place in a Michigan home that's been in the family of current occupant Amanda Gee for decades. The Siesling family had been renting the home at the time of the murders, and Gee was forced to clean the victims' blood out of all three levels of the house before she moved in. Tired of people gawking at her "triple-homicide home," Gee decided to give a nod to the crimes that took place there years ago with an unusual Halloween display that many people are calling disrespectful and in poor taste. For 18 years, Amanda has lived and been harassed in the home where Jon Siesling brutally murdered his mother and two sisters. She decided to do something about it. WALKER, Mich. — In the 18 years since Jon Siesling brutally murdered his mother and two sisters, their former home in Walker has been a target of constant harassment by passersby. This year, the current residents of the home have come up with what many say is an 'insensitive' countermeasure — a front yard Halloween display — that sensationalizes the killings. On Jan. 22, 2003, then 17-year-old Jon Siesling violently murdered his mother and two younger sisters. He beat his mother, Sharon Siesling, 42, and sister, Katelin Siesling, 15, with a baseball bat, before fatally stabbing his younger sister, Leah, 6. The home where the killings happened is located on Walker Avenue NW near Four Mile Road. Today, nearly two decades later, a Halloween display featured in the front yard of the home is causing outrage in the community and on social media. The creator of the display is the current homeowner, Amanda Gee, whose family was close friends with the Sieslings. Amanda declined to do an on-camera interview with 13 ON YOUR SIDE, but was far from shy in sharing her reason for making the display. "For 18 years, people have been driving by here honking, stopping to take pictures and yelling at me because I live here," Amanda said, through tears. "My son spent all four years at Kenowa Hills High School being bullied because of it." "Since all everybody sees when they pass by is what happened here, I decided to just give it to them." The display has three gravestones prominently displayed, surrounded by police tape. Numbered evidence markers dot the doorstep. The front door has silhouettes of people who appear to be in distress. The words "HELP US" are written in dripping red paint next to the silhouettes. The front window of the home features several handprints which look like blood-soaked impressions. "People act like we don't know what happened here," Amanda said. "I'm not a monster, but this is my way of letting everybody know we do know what happened here." The creation of the display at Jon Siesling's former home ironically comes a week after his re-sentencing court appearance. He was eligible to seek a lesser sentence, given his age at the time of the killings, but late last month, Kent County Circuit Judge Mark Trusock upheld the ruling.