Beth Ann Coudriet Bodenschatz was 36 when she was shot dead in her New Germany Road home in Croyle Township, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of January 12, 1996. A registered nurse and mother of four, she was found in the bedroom after a struggle that began in the kitchen. Three children returning from school discovered her; a five-year-old son who had been home described hearing his mother argue with a man, then seeing the man shoot her.

Investigators recovered four spent .40 caliber shells and one live round; the presumed murder weapon, believed to be a .40 Glock, was never found. Witnesses described a white male with brown hair wearing a brown jacket walking from the house to a brown or beige Subaru-style car at the end of the driveway, but the driver and vehicle were never identified. Several public appeals followed: a 2001 request about a missing two-carat diamond ring believed stolen, a 2003 search for the weapon that turned up nothing, and 2008 billboards seeking tips. No arrests have been announced and the Pennsylvania State Police list the case as open.

Anyone who knew Beth, saw a man matching that description in Croyle Township that day, or has information about the missing ring or vehicle is asked to come forward.