Jeremiah J. Wetzel, 33, was fatally shot in the 8200 west block of County Road 1500 South in Cass Township, LaPorte County, Indiana, on a Monday night in May 2020. Deputies responded about 8:15 p.m.; they encountered a person leaving the home and took that person into custody. Inside the residence, officers found Jeremiah suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene and an autopsy ruled the death a homicide.

The person taken into custody was identified as Jeremiah’s father, 58-year-old Jason Wetzel of Wanatah, who was arrested and charged with his son’s murder. In September 2022 a jury found Jason not guilty of murder but was unable to reach a verdict on an aggravated battery count, prompting a mistrial on that charge. The state later retried the aggravated battery charge and, after a two-day bench trial in August 2024, a judge found Jason Wetzel guilty of aggravated battery, a Level 3 felony, with a firearm-use enhancement.

Does anyone have information about Jeremiah’s life in Cass Township, or about the events on that May night?