In the early morning of September 12, 1993, a fire was set at the Garden Street home of 27-year-old Sherri L. Pearson in Kendallville, Indiana. A neighbor reported heavy smoke around 4:30 a.m.; firefighters estimated the house had been smoldering about 45 minutes before they arrived. Sherri’s body was found on the living room floor and the cause of death was smoke inhalation. Her two young children, ages one and three, were not at the house that morning.

State fire marshals later determined the blaze was arson: flammable liquid had been poured in several locations and the smoke alarm’s batteries were removed. An autopsy found Sherri had been injected with a foreign substance before the fire, and investigators believe she was drugged and struggled toward the living room before succumbing to the smoke. The case remains unsolved and no arrests have been announced. If anyone has information about Sherri or that night, please share what is known with authorities.