Rachel delTondo, a 33-year-old teacher, was shot multiple times and killed in the driveway of her parents’ home in Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, on May 13, 2018, shortly after being dropped off following an outing. At least 10 shots were fired at close range, a level of violence that investigators described as consistent with a targeted killing.

Investigators focused on two men known to delTondo. Her ex-fiancé, Frank Catroppa, was questioned and provided an alibi that authorities publicly said satisfied them. Sheldon Jeter Jr., then about 20 and a former high school football player, drew scrutiny because of a prior incident when delTondo was found with a then-17-year-old Jeter in a parked car. In August 2023 the Beaver County District Attorney publicly named Jeter as the prime suspect, citing strong circumstantial evidence including GPS and surveillance material suggesting he had stalked delTondo before the murder, but said there was insufficient proof to place him in the driveway at the moment of the shooting.

Jeter is serving a life sentence for a different fatal shooting for which he was convicted in 2021; that conviction is under appeal. Catroppa faced separate criminal charges in September 2024 unrelated to delTondo. No one has been charged in Rachel delTondo’s murder, which remains unsolved. Anyone with information about Rachel, her movements that evening, or the people in her life is asked to come forward.