A welfare check on the morning of December 5, 2024, brought police to a home on South G Street in Elwood, Indiana, where officers found 74-year-old Cynthia Mae Odle and her 69-year-old husband, Louis Odle, both dead of gunshot wounds. The local coroner pronounced them deceased at the scene. Authorities said the incident appeared isolated and that there was no ongoing threat to the community.

Cynthia was remembered as a retired Weight Watchers instructor, an active woman of faith known for generosity and close family ties. She is survived by her only child and numerous siblings and extended family members. As of late December 2024, the investigation remained ongoing and no arrests or suspects had been publicly identified.

If anyone has information about Cynthia or the circumstances of her and Louis’s deaths, please contact the Elwood police with what you know.