Sharon Patton, 56, was found dead from gunshot wounds inside her Oaktown, Indiana home during a welfare check in April 2018. Officers located 63-year-old Roger S. Darrough, who lived with her, suffering serious injuries in a detached garage; he was airlifted to a hospital for treatment.

The Indiana State Police led the investigation and said early on they did not believe the community was at risk and that no other people were involved. Investigators did not publicly disclose the specific roles Patton and Darrough may have had in the shooting, and no arrests or charges were announced in the immediate aftermath.

Roger S. Darrough later died in August 2023. The circumstances that produced Sharon Patton’s death remain publicly unresolved. If anyone knew Sharon or has information about what happened at the Oaktown residence in April 2018, please come forward to assist the investigation.