Jean Marie Smith, 25, was found dead in a wooded area of Isle of Wight County, Virginia, in April 2015. An autopsy determined she died from a single gunshot wound to the head. Smith, a former Navy sailor, had been living with her grandmother and a man she met online, Eric Brandon Saub. The two had taken a trip to Florida and returned to Virginia on April 15, 2015, the last day Smith was seen alive.

Investigators located evidence placing Saub with Smith at the site where her body was found on the afternoon of April 15. Cell tower records for both phones pinged in that area before Smith’s phone went dark. Detectives later found Saub’s DNA on Smith’s clothing and learned he had wiped his phone that day. Saub initially denied being in Isle of Wight County but then admitted visiting the wooded area on at least two occasions.

Saub was charged with Smith’s murder, went to trial in 2018 representing himself, and was found guilty of second-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. Anyone with information about Jean Marie Smith or her movements in April 2015 is asked to come forward.