Robert William Hubal was 49 and lived in Thompson, Pennsylvania. A lifelong farmer who raised dairy and beef cattle, he was remembered as a devoted father and grandfather who taught his sons to hunt. He was born July 8, 1968, and died September 27, 2017; his funeral was held October 9, 2017, and he was buried in Ararat Cemetery in Ararat Township.

His death was ruled a homicide after he was found by his son on the morning of September 26, 2017, in a bedroom at the family home on Potter Hill Road. He had been shot three times—twice in the head and once in the torso—with a .22-caliber rifle. Cassandra Mercincavage, his 31-year-old live-in girlfriend, was charged with criminal homicide. She was arrested October 2, 2017, at a hotel in Moosic after investigators traced her there; the suspected firearm and Hubal’s previously missing Dodge pickup were recovered. She was arraigned on a felony count of criminal homicide and held without bond, with a preliminary hearing set for October 16, 2017.

Anyone who knew Bob or has information about that day is asked to come forward.