Kurtis Matthew Harstine, 41, was found dead on January 27, 2023, in the second-floor master bedroom of a vacant home on Township Road 851 near Nankin, Ohio. The Ashland County Sheriff’s Office responded at 3:38 p.m. and determined he had been dead for some time. An autopsy by the Lucas County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds.

Authorities later arrested 67-year-old Howard Dwayne Walters, identified as Harstine’s ex-father-in-law, and charged him with aggravated murder; bond was set at $3 million during arraignment. Harstine was born December 25, 1981, in Coshocton, Ohio, served in the U.S. Army with tours in Kosovo, Iraq, and Afghanistan, and worked as a social worker with the Veterans Administration MHICM program in Mansfield. He is survived by his children Penelope and Milo Harstine, his mother Janet Harstine, and his sisters Kendra Bordenkircher and Kristin Harstine.

Visiting hours were held February 14, 2023, at Gospel Hill Ministry in Warsaw, Ohio, with a service the next day and military rites performed by the Coshocton County Veterans Council Honor Guard. Does anyone have information about Harstine’s activities or whereabouts in the days before January 27, 2023?