Timothy Alan Frame, 39, was found dead in his Beallsville, Ohio home on Varner Ridge Road on the night of Tuesday, May 18, 2021. His mother discovered him and called emergency services. Deputies from the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office determined he had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and opened a homicide investigation.

Witnesses reported an unfamiliar man walking along Varner Ridge Road before the discovery; some said the man had given the name of a local resident. The investigation expanded after Lincoln County, Colorado coroners notified Monroe County about the suicide of a man named Tristan Ensinger, who had fatally shot himself following an exchange of gunfire with a deputy during a theft. Detectives linked evidence from Ensinger to items found at Frame’s scene, witnesses in Ohio positively identified Ensinger in a photo lineup, and further evidence in Ensinger’s vehicle placed him at the house and identified him as the shooter. The motive remains unclear, though authorities received information that Ensinger had struggled with mental illness and substance abuse.

Did anyone in the Beallsville area see an unfamiliar person on Varner Ridge Road around May 18, 2021?