Vincent Shawn Barbuto, 29, was found dead in the basement of a West Main Street home in Hopewell Township, Pennsylvania, on the evening of July 15, 2020. Police declared him dead at the scene and an autopsy determined the cause of death to be multiple gunshot wounds; the death was ruled a homicide. Barbuto had worked as an electronics technician and was a graduate of Center Area High School and the Pittsburgh Technical Institute.

Investigators focused on Vincent’s younger brother, Michael Barbuto, then 18, after surveillance and phone data placed a vehicle matching their mother’s car and Michael’s cell phone near Vincent’s home around the time of the shooting. The Beaver County District Attorney charged Michael with criminal homicide and he was taken into custody, but the charges were dismissed at a preliminary hearing in August 2020 when the mother, Michelle Barbuto, refused to testify. The district attorney said the investigation would remain open.

Did anyone in the area know Vincent or his family and have information that could help move this case forward?