On May 11, 2023, William Scott Matherly, 48, was found at a residence at 310 North Leavitt Street on the northwest side of Brazil, Indiana, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Officers from the Brazil Police Department and the Clay County Sheriff’s Department responded after a 911 caller reported multiple gunshots around 3:50 p.m. Matherly was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Indiana State Police and the Clay County Coroner’s Office led the homicide investigation and identified 25-year-old Jon Luke Benjamin McGuff of Reelsville as a person of interest. McGuff was located and arrested in Terre Haute in the early hours of the next morning and taken to the Clay County Jail on a preliminary charge of murder in connection with Matherly’s death.

If anyone knew William Scott Matherly or has information about the events at 310 North Leavitt Street on May 11, 2023, please come forward.