Connie Collins, 52, and her husband Ronald were found dead inside their Roseville, Ohio home on March 8, 2007. The scene was first treated as an accidental house fire, but autopsy results later showed both had been shot before the blaze. Ronald suffered a gunshot wound to the head; Connie was shot in her right arm and the right side of her abdomen, injuries that suggest she may have tried to defend herself.

The couple was discovered in their bedroom, which investigators noted as unusual because Ronald’s back problems normally kept him on the living room couch. The fire, reported by a neighbor just after midnight and brought under control within 30 minutes, was ruled arson and likely an attempt to destroy evidence; any material that might have pointed to secondary crime scenes was probably lost. Authorities pursued possible motives including financial gain after Ronald received a substantial workers’ compensation settlement, but questions about cash at the home or a safe and who might have known about money have produced no definitive leads. The Perry County Sheriff’s Office continues to ask anyone with information to come forward.

Does anyone in the area recall seeing unfamiliar visitors at the Collins residence around March 8, 2007, or know about who might have known of cash or a safe kept in the home?