Jeremy D.P. Cantolina, a 38-year-old man from Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania, was shot and killed in the driveway of his home on Moshannon Street on August 11, 2017. Emergency responders found him unconscious and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His obituary described him as a husband, father of five children, and a mechanic employed at Leigh Hanson.

Investigators focused on Matthew Robert Dreibelbis, a Bellefonte-area man who had been involved in a long sexual relationship with Cantolina’s wife that reportedly lasted about three and a half years and produced a child in 2015. Police alleged Dreibelbis had made threats about Cantolina and that he admitted after questioning that he shot Cantolina as the victim was trying to leave for work. Prosecutors described an early-morning ambush, saying Dreibelbis drove to Snow Shoe around 4:00 a.m., walked to the driveway, and fired two shots, the second striking Cantolina in the head.

At trial the defense argued there was no reliable physical or scientific proof tying Dreibelbis to the killing and said witness accounts had changed over time. The prosecution presented firearm and toolmark evidence; a Pennsylvania State Police firearm examiner testified that the bullet recovered from Cantolina’s skull matched a 38-caliber Comanche revolver linked to Dreibelbis. The jury convicted Dreibelbis of first-degree murder and he was later sentenced to life without parole.

If anyone knew Jeremy, his family, or has information about the events that morning, please share what is known.