Marinea C. Erp, 52, was found bleeding on the side of Chippewa Avenue in South Bend, Indiana, on April 9, 2022. A passerby called emergency services after observing what at first appeared to be a seizure; Erp later died at the hospital. An autopsy determined she had died from multiple gunshot wounds, and her death was investigated as a homicide.

Surveillance footage placed a brown Volvo at the scene. Video showed a person exit the driver’s side, walk around to the passenger side, then multiple gunshots were heard before the vehicle left. Investigators identified William Dean Merriweather as a person of interest and tied him to Erp by phone records and witness identifications from additional surveillance at the Miami Hills apartment complex, where footage minutes after the shooting showed a man wiping parts of a Volvo. Merriweather initially denied involvement but later admitted to being the person in that video; a witness said Merriweather gave that person the Volvo keys and $100 to buy drugs and leave the car at a dealer’s location.

William Dean Merriweather was arrested and charged with one count of murder and a firearm sentencing enhancement in connection with Erp’s death. Does anyone have information about Marinea’s movements on April 9, 2022, or saw that brown Volvo prior to or after the shooting?