Kaitlyn Ashley Lynch, 36, a mother of two from Cincinnati, was found dead inside her car after a multi-state sequence that began with gunfire outside her Westwood home shortly before midnight on August 18, 2023. Neighbors reported multiple shots and one caller said a vehicle left Lynch’s Temple Avenue driveway; when officers arrived they found signs of a shooting but Lynch and her car were missing.

Her vehicle was located by GPS in Tennessee the next day. Tennessee Highway Patrol and local deputies attempted to stop the car on Interstate 40; the driver led them on a multi-county pursuit that ended in Cheatham County after spike strips were deployed. Officers discovered Lynch’s body inside. The arrested driver, 32-year-old Lance Mason Miller of Abbott, Texas, had been staying in Lynch’s basement for about a week and was described as a friend of her late husband. Police say the shooting followed an argument between them.

Miller faces murder and kidnapping charges in Ohio and additional charges in Tennessee; he was being held in Tennessee awaiting extradition and the Cincinnati Police Department’s investigation is ongoing. If anyone has information about Lynch’s death or the events on August 18–19, call 513-352-3542?