Joseph Trevor Dilger was 24 when he was found dead inside a burning car on Redd Road near Elkchester Road in Lexington on September 4, 2016. Investigators determined he had been shot to death before the vehicle was set on fire.

The investigation says Dilger sometimes lent his car to Christie Michelle Hanley in exchange for drugs. On the day he died he got into the car with Hanley and Jeremy Deshun Leroy Harris intending to retrieve the vehicle. Harris allegedly shot Dilger twice. Hanley and Harris then exited the car and were later picked up by Hanley’s nephew, Justin Scott Slone. The three went to buy gasoline, returned to the vehicle, moved it to an access road and set it on fire with Dilger still inside.

Lexington police arrested all three. Jeremy Deshun Leroy Harris was charged with murder, arson, evidence tampering, abuse of a corpse and wanton endangerment; Christie Michelle Hanley pleaded guilty in 2017 to third-degree arson, evidence tampering and abuse of a corpse and received a five-year sentence; Justin Scott Slone also faced charges related to the cover-up.

If anyone knew Joseph, his movements that day, or has other information about what happened, please share what you know.