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Linda Bissell, a 46-year-old mother of four, was found shot to death in her Findlay, Ohio, home on September 6, 1996. She had been shot multiple times with a small-caliber handgun; the weapon was never recovered. Police reported she was alone in the house and no witnesses to the shooting were identified.

In the weeks before her death Linda’s behavior had changed and she appeared fearful. About a week earlier the side window of her vehicle was shattered; authorities ruled it was caused by a rock, but Linda and her family believed it was intentional. After that incident she bought a .25 caliber handgun and kept it in her nightstand; when police arrived the gun was missing and the nightstand’s contents were scattered on the floor.

Investigators examined several people close to Linda, including ex-husband Thom Bissell, boyfriend Frederick Michael Hutchinson, and her son Bryan Bissell. Hutchinson’s fingerprints were on the shell casings and his polygraph showed indications of deception; Thom cooperated, was at work at the time, and passed a polygraph; Bryan’s polygraph was inconclusive. No charges were filed and the case went cold. Linda’s children asked for the case to be reopened in 2016, citing advances in forensic technology. Does anyone with information about Linda, her contacts in 1996, or the shattered vehicle window recall details that could help the investigation?