On the night of October 5, 2019, 52-year-old Michael Jon Zdenek was killed outside his Indianapolis home on Edgemont Avenue after responding to a neighbor’s plea for help. Katrina Griffith told him she needed assistance with a scratch on her roommate’s van; as they stood outside, a masked man with a gun appeared. A struggle followed and Zdenek was shot multiple times in the head and chest, dying at the scene. The assailant also stole surveillance equipment from Zdenek’s home before fleeing.

Investigators concluded the encounter had been a planned robbery and that Griffith had lured Zdenek outside. Police later arrested another man, Daequan Adams, but charges against him were dropped after video evidence placed him elsewhere. Griffith waited roughly 40 minutes to call 911, and her account contained inconsistencies. In April 2021, a jury found Katrina Griffith guilty of murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, and burglary, and she was sentenced to 65 years in state prison.

Michael Zdenek is remembered by family and friends as a devoted husband and father and a skilled mechanic who loved cars and car shows. Did anyone in the community know details about that October night or have information about anyone who handled Zdenek’s surveillance equipment afterward?