Roger Marvin Swedzinski, a 67-year-old white man, was found dead in the basement office of his Fort Wayne home in the 700 block of Hathaway Road on the morning of Saturday, July 26, 2025. A friend discovered him; he had multiple gunshot wounds and the Allen County Coroner’s Office ruled the death a homicide. A sliding basement door was open and a small trail of blood led to the body. A gun safe was open but not ransacked, and ten 1/10 oz. 2006 American Eagle gold coins that Swedzinski had been selling on Facebook Marketplace were missing. Family members last spoke with him around 9:30 p.m. on the previous evening, July 25.

Investigators with the Allen County Sheriff’s Department traced the missing coins when a man tried to trade ten such coins at a local coin shop. That lead identified 22-year-old Michael Chavez Gustin. Records placed his vehicle on Swedzinski’s property twice the night of the homicide, the second visit from 1:41 a.m. to 2:22 a.m.

Anyone who saw suspicious activity in the Hathaway Road area between the evening of July 25 and the early morning of July 26, or who has information about the coins or the events that night, is asked to share what they know.