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Jennifer Lynn Maynard Myers, 44, was shot to death on October 20, 1997, inside the Spring Grove, Pennsylvania art gallery where she worked. She had been preparing to testify two days later against Kevin Brian Dowling, whom she had identified as the man who previously robbed, tied up, and sexually assaulted her in the same gallery. Witnesses outside heard three rapid bangs around 1:00 p.m., and Myers was found on the gallery floor with three gunshot wounds to the chest, shoulder, and eye.

Investigators focused on Dowling because of the pending prosecution. When police searched his vehicle after the earlier attack they found a loaded gun, rope, a newspaper article about the gallery robbery, and sunglasses similar to those the attacker had worn. On the day of the killing Dowling claimed to have been fishing at Muddy Run Lake and produced home video footage; investigators concluded the footage timestamp had been manipulated and learned he rented a boat about 10:20 a.m., spending only 30 to 45 minutes on the lake.

Dowling was convicted in 1998 of first-degree murder and sentenced to death after jurors found he killed Myers to keep her from testifying. The case continued through appeals and post-conviction proceedings. Did anyone who knew Jennifer, saw the gallery that week, or remember a man in a black wig come forward with information?