The Gary area experienced a cluster of violent deaths in February 2019 that investigators believe were connected. On the evening of February 20, a landlord working at a house in the 400 block of Johnson Street found two bodies: 48-year-old Tracy N. Valentine of Hobart and 55-year-old Timothy Snow of Hammond. The Lake County Coroner’s Office later ruled both deaths homicides.

Five days later, Tracy Valentine’s husband, 55-year-old Jimmy Valentine, was found shot to death in a ditch in the 2500 block of Calhoun Street, about five miles from the Johnson Street location. The day before Jimmy was found, his brother Wayne Valentine, 69, was discovered shot to death near a vehicle in the 2400 block of Jennings Street. Authorities stated they believed the four deaths were related and the case was being investigated by Gary police, the Lake County Metro Homicide Unit and federal partners.

A person of interest named Drew Carter was later linked by conviction to the death of Jessica Flores, but he was not formally charged in the murders of Tracy or Jimmy Valentine, Wayne Valentine, or Timothy Snow. Does anyone have information about Tracy Valentine or the locations mentioned that could help investigators?