Carla Jean Lewis, 55, was found dead in her Niles, Michigan home on Sunday, August 13, 2017. Her death was not natural. Investigators say she had been drugged with Xanax and shot five times, the fatal wound to the head. Her body was concealed in a hidden room in the basement behind a makeshift bookshelf inside a marijuana grow room.

Carla’s husband, John Lewis, initially told police two intruders had broken in and shot his wife. Detectives later identified inconsistencies in that account and developed evidence pointing to a staged home invasion. Prosecutors argued a financial motive, noting John stood to gain more than $300,000 from life insurance and retirement funds and that he had extramarital affairs. He was arrested, tried and convicted of premeditated murder and of possession with intent to manufacture marijuana, and was sentenced to life in prison for Carla’s murder.

If anyone knew Carla, her routines, or has information about her life in Niles, please come forward.