On March 8, 2018, 31-year-old Amanda Elizabeth Schmitt Grazioli was shot once in the back of the head while lying in bed in her Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania home. Her husband, 44-year-old John Paul Grazioli, quickly became the sole suspect after his ex-wife reported he had called her to confess to killing Amanda. A handwritten confession was found, and John left the house, ate lunch at a tavern, attended a children’s Mass, and later went to St. Peter Cathedral in downtown Erie where he confessed to a priest and was urged to surrender; he was arrested there without incident.

Prosecutors presented evidence that John had discussed getting Amanda out of their lives as a custody dispute with his ex-wife was ongoing, that he had sought an affair, and that he had purchased a Glock 43 the month before the killing. At his February 2019 trial the defense said the shooting was accidental and that John’s judgment was impaired by alcohol, cocaine, marijuana and an anti-anxiety medication; the jury convicted him of first-degree murder and related charges and sentenced him to life without parole. Amanda’s estate later pursued a wrongful death suit that led to a monetary judgment against John.

Does anyone have information about Amanda’s last days or the weeks leading up to March 8, 2018?