Cynthia Jo Heath, 47, of Crestline, Ohio, was found dead inside her home on February 24, 2022. Her death was later determined to be a homicide after family members became concerned when she failed to meet her daughter’s school bus and checked on her.

Robert W. Pinyerd, 40, who had been living with Heath, was arrested on February 25, 2022, in Mansfield on an unrelated charge and was later charged with aggravated murder and murder. In November 2021 Heath had filed a civil protection order against Pinyerd; that case was dismissed in January 2022. Investigators from the Crestline Police Department and the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation collected evidence including data from cellphones belonging to the victim and two men and information from a headset owned by Pinyerd; witnesses also testified at trial.

Pinyerd’s trial began March 27, 2023, and in April 2023 a jury found him guilty of the shooting death of Cynthia Jo Heath; he was sentenced to life without parole plus three years for a gun specification. If anyone knew Cynthia, her routines, or has information about the days leading up to February 24, 2022, please come forward.