Samantha Lynn Fields, 38, of Marysville, Pennsylvania, was found dead with gunshot wounds just inside the front door of a home on the 1400 block of New Valley Road in Rye Township on September 15, 2025. Investigators say the discovery followed a domestic dispute the night before; a 911 call was placed about 10:30 a.m. the morning her body was found. Reporting notes a child was in the home during the hours after the argument.

Authorities arrested 56-year-old Douglas Wayne Snyder of Marysville and charged him with criminal homicide and additional counts including endangering the welfare of a child. Court documents and local coverage say Snyder told state police the shooting occurred during a domestic argument and at first described it as accidental. Memorial pages and gun-violence records also record Fields’s death on that date in Marysville.

Anyone who knew Samantha or who has information about the events on New Valley Road that night is asked to come forward.