On the night of September 7, 1994, 26-year-old Cindy Gingerich was shot and killed outside her Main Street home in Sumiton, Alabama while her two young children slept inside. Cindy was separated from her husband, Ed, at the time; Ed has publicly pressed for a renewed investigation and says he passed two polygraph tests aimed at clearing his name.

Family members have long suspected a man Cindy had been seeing, alleging he left threatening phone messages in the days before her death. Investigators early on identified a person of interest, but officials said there was insufficient evidence to charge anyone. The Walker County District Attorney’s office located the case file and some of Cindy’s personal belongings in 2021 and returned them to the family. The case remains an open, unsolved homicide and a reward originally offered in 1994 is still available for information leading to an arrest and conviction.

Does anyone have information about Cindy, her life in Sumiton, or those who knew her at the time that could help move this case forward?