Rainie Best was 18 when she and 24-year-old Phil Honer were found shot to death inside a Johnson Street home in South Bend, Indiana. Police discovered the bodies on August 9, 2022; autopsies confirmed both died of gunshot wounds, with Rainie shot in the head and back. The case was investigated as a double homicide.

Detectives with the South Bend Police Department’s Violent Crimes Unit traced communications on Rainie’s cellphone to 52-year-old Joseph Newgent of South Bend. During questioning Newgent said he had been at the residence on August 4 and described intervening as an argument between Rainie and Honer became physical. He told investigators he drew a gun and fired toward Honer and that Rainie was struck inadvertently. Newgent was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and a firearm enhancement and is held at the St. Joseph County Jail awaiting trial.

Are there witnesses or neighbors who remember activity at the Johnson Street home in early August 2022?