Cory Schweitzer was a 31-year-old Marion County Sheriff’s Office detention deputy who died on August 19, 2022, in Pine Ridge, Florida. Deputies initially responded to a report of a possible suicide at a residence in Pine Ridge Estates and found Schweitzer unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound. A subsequent investigation by the Citrus County Sheriff’s Office determined the death was a homicide.

The investigation focused on Schweitzer’s ex-girlfriend, Jacqueline Jasmin Johnson-Cabrera. Detectives collected and analyzed forensic evidence from the scene; a warrant for Johnson-Cabrera’s arrest was issued on August 24, 2022, and she was taken into custody and charged with first-degree murder and armed residential burglary.

Schweitzer had served with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office since March 2019 and was named Employee of the Month in June 2021. His family and colleagues described his death as a profound loss. If anyone has information about Schweitzer, his movements in Pine Ridge on August 19, 2022, or the events that led to that day, please come forward.