Elizabeth Rachelle Stevens, 26, was found dead on the evening of September 14, 2021, lying on a roadway on Texas Pike near Manhattan Road in rural Owen County, Indiana. Responding officers discovered the Spencer resident around 9:30 p.m.; an autopsy in Terre Haute the next day determined she died from a single gunshot wound to the back of the head. Investigators concluded her body had been dumped at that location and that the killing occurred elsewhere.

Detectives identified 36-year-old Jay White of Spencer as the primary suspect. According to testimony later presented in court, Stevens had been a backseat passenger in a truck with White in the front passenger seat and a second person driving. Testimony described White turning around armed with an AR-15 rifle and shooting Stevens, after which the vehicle was stopped on Texas Pike and her body removed and left on the road. White was arrested at Indianapolis International Airport on September 20, 2021, after traveling to Arizona following the incident. Forensic evidence from the truck and White’s driveway linked the violence to the vehicle and contradicted his initial statements about the death.

Did anyone in Spencer or along Texas Pike see the truck or have information about its occupants on September 14, 2021?