Nicholas J. Burnett, 35, of Boardman, Ohio, was found shot to death on January 26, 2020, inside a Kia Forte registered to his fiancée, Katherine Cerimele, parked in front of 720 Parkview Avenue in Youngstown. The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office officially ruled the death a homicide on April 10, 2020. Investigators report multiple gunshot wounds to his head and body and several spent shell casings inside and outside the vehicle.

Youngstown officers Jacob Short and Ber Fronzaglio responded to the scene. Police collected DNA evidence from an Austintown man with a prior heroin possession record, two cell phones, and swabs from Burnett’s fingernails, but no arrests have been announced and the case remains unsolved. Burnett was a lifelong Boardman resident, a Boardman High School and Youngstown State University graduate who played football, and a Youngstown Fire Department Training Academy alumnus. He is survived by his parents Mary Anne McCarthy and John Burnett, stepfather Terry McCarthy, brothers Tony and Mike Burnett, fiancée Katherine Cerimele, and son Hunter.

Does anyone with information about Burnett’s death or the events on January 26, 2020, in Youngstown have tips to share?