Edward Ed Schiller, 39, was shot dead on the morning of Friday, January 13, 2006, while sitting in his car in a parking garage near his Newton, Massachusetts office. He was on the phone with his girlfriend, Stacey Rock, when a man approached the vehicle and fired a single gunshot at point-blank range. First responders found Schiller slumped over the steering wheel and he was pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy confirmed a single gunshot wound caused his death.

Early leads were thin despite eyewitness reports of a red Ford Taurus near the scene. Investigators focused on Stacey Rock’s estranged husband, James Brescia, after learning he had expressed jealousy about Schiller’s renewed relationship with Rock. Phone records showed frequent contact between Brescia and Scott Foxworth, and the red Ford Taurus was traced to Foxworth. Prosecutors concluded Brescia hired Foxworth for $10,000 to carry out the killing; both men were later convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy and received life sentences without parole. The case received national media attention for the love-triangle motive.