Kerrilee D’Avolio was 32 and a mother of three when she was killed in Rome, New York, in late July 2019. Her body was ultimately found at the Oneida County landfill after police focused searches there; investigators also recovered a rifle from the Barge Canal that they believed was the murder weapon. Initial statements by her estranged husband, Jason D’Avolio, claimed Kerrilee had died by suicide, but police described conditions at the family home as pointing to a serious crime and said Jason gave conflicting accounts during questioning.

Jason was first arrested on a concealing a corpse charge that was later upgraded to second-degree murder. At trial the prosecution said Kerrilee was shot in the back of the head on the night of July 28, 2019, and argued jealousy and rage over their pending divorce and possible custody dispute were motives. The defense argued Kerrilee had taken her own life and that Jason disposed of the body to spare their daughters further trauma. A jury convicted Jason of second-degree murder and concealment of a human corpse in November 2020, and he received a 25 years to life term for the murder plus an additional sentence for concealing the body in April 2021.

Did anyone in the Rome area know Kerrilee or have information about her life or last days that could shed light on what happened?