On the evening of May 28, 2017, 20-year-old Jared K. Foltz was found dead in the driver’s seat of his Jeep Commander in a Menards parking lot in Elkhart, Indiana. The encounter began as a marijuana transaction: Jared had arranged to sell marijuana to 18-year-old Jarrod Spigutz, who entered the passenger side of the Jeep. A dispute broke out and Jared sustained multiple gunshot wounds; several spent shell casings were later found on the front passenger seat.

Witnesses reported seeing a Toyota Camry with front-end damage leave the scene. An officer stopped a matching car within ten minutes; the driver was identified as Jarrod Spigutz. A search of the Camry turned up a 9mm semi-automatic handgun and suspected marijuana, and a witness later identified Spigutz in a photo lineup as the person who exited the passenger side of the Jeep after gunshots were heard.

Spigutz was arrested and charged with murder, carrying a handgun without a license, and possession of marijuana. The case centers on how a planned drug deal escalated into a fatal shooting; anyone with information about Jared, the parking lot, or that evening is asked to come forward.