On the evening of October 8, 2023, emergency services responded to a home on Bradley Avenue in Neversink, New York, for a reported cardiac arrest. First responders found 71-year-old Lloyd Eugene Botsford receiving CPR and discovered a gunshot wound to his head; he was pronounced dead at the scene. The death was investigated as a homicide.

Authorities arrested his son, 46-year-old Drew Botsford, who was charged with second-degree murder and remanded to the Sullivan County Jail without bail. Officials have not released details about motive or the specific circumstances surrounding the shooting, and the investigation remains ongoing.

Botsford, known as Botsy, was active in the community: a longtime member of the Neversink Horseshoe League called the Mr. Miyagi of horseshoes, a coach in women’s softball and boys’ little league for more than a decade, and a founding member of the Old Hogs Motorcycle Club. Does anyone who knew Lloyd or was in the area that night have information that could help the investigation?