On January 17, 2025, Fairfield County deputies found Darby Russell, 51, dead of an apparent gunshot wound at a residence in the 3000 block of Schopp Road in Lancaster, Ohio. The Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office Detective Bureau opened an immediate homicide investigation.

A 44-year-old Lancaster resident, Kimberly Russell, was detained at the scene and arrested on suspicion of aggravated murder; she was booked into the Fairfield County Jail.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Fairfield County Sheriff’s Office by the mobile app or the direct tip line provided by the department. Did anyone in Lancaster see or hear anything near Schopp Road on January 17 that could help investigators?