On December 25, 2017, 57-year-old Rose Douthitt was found dead in her home on Sigsbee Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. Officers discovered her body about 4:46 p.m. and observed multiple signs of trauma. An autopsy determined her injuries were consistent with homicide.

Surveillance footage from a nearby motorcycle club showed 25-year-old Dimitrious Rhodes entering Douthitt’s residence on December 22 and leaving the next morning; no other people were recorded entering or exiting during that period. Rhodes was known to Douthitt—she had previously let him sleep on her porch when he was homeless and was also acquainted with him through a man she had raised like a son. Rhodes said an argument over money he believed she owed him escalated and that he struck her multiple times in the head with an object. He was arrested and later pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering; prosecutors’ recommendations shifted during sentencing arguments, and Rhodes received a 14-year prison term.

If anyone knew Rose, her routines, or saw activity near Sigsbee Avenue in late December 2017, please share what was seen.