It seems justice will not be served for Sarah's family in this case. They know who did it they just don't have enough evidence to indict. I hope this haunts him for the rest of his life.

Sarah Wallace was 20 and described by family as warm, outgoing and devoted to her nieces and nephews. She lived on her own, worked two jobs and was studying toward a career in nursing. Sarah had a history of depression and bipolar disorder and family members worried when she wore long sleeves at a Fourth of July gathering a few days before her death.

On the night of July 5–6, Sarah left a bar after an argument with her boyfriend, Leonard Messer. Messer returned to his parents’ home and Messer’s mother, Jean Messer, called 911 saying her son shot his girlfriend. Sarah was found slumped over with a gun in her lap and a single gunshot wound to the neck; investigators later described the gun’s position as inconsistent with a self-inflicted wound. Messer told police Sarah had been emotional and wanted to hurt herself and that the gun went off during a heated exchange. A month after the killing a witness, Kimberly Bohache Abney, was reported to have said Messer confessed; Bohache Abney’s friend Jackie Lange relayed that information to Sarah’s father, Danny Wallace.

A decade later Messer was presented to a grand jury as the main person of interest, but the jury declined to indict. If anyone remembers Sarah, saw her that night, or has information about what happened in her apartment, please contact the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office at 513-946-6400?