A grim discovery in a Wheeler, Wisconsin cornfield on September 12, 2021 revealed four bodies inside an abandoned SUV, including 26-year-old Matthew Isaiah Pettus. Investigators determined the victims had been fatally shot in St. Paul, Minnesota and their bodies were later driven to the rural Wisconsin site. Cell phone records and surveillance footage tied the killings to a single person who had been with the group in the hours before the deaths.

Antoine Suggs was identified as the primary suspect and was located in Arizona, where he surrendered to police. Suggs later stood trial; he asserted he acted in self-defense, claiming the group had tried to rob him. A jury convicted him on four counts of second-degree intentional murder. Authorities said the killings may have grown out of a night of drinking, and Suggs received a lengthy prison sentence. Darren Osborne, Suggs’s father, admitted helping his son hide the bodies and was sentenced for aiding an offender.

If anyone knew Matthew, his activities in St. Paul that night, or has information about the case, please share what can help investigators or the families.