On April 24, 2017, the body of 20-year-old Halee Rathgeber was found in the parking lot of the Alcoa Soccer Complex in Newburgh, Indiana. A nursing student at the University of Southern Indiana, Rathgeber had been shot once in the head. Her wallet, keys, and cell phone were missing, and investigators described the loss of those items as consistent with a robbery accompanying the violence.

Attention turned to 22-year-old Isaiah Hagan, who knew Rathgeber and was described in reports as an ex-boyfriend or acquaintance. Phone records placed Hagan at the soccer complex around the time of the killing. A towel seized at Hagan’s residence was stained with blood that forensic testing later linked to Rathgeber. Hagan was arrested and charged with murder, felony murder, robbery resulting in serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice.

The first trial ended in mistrial in May 2018 after a juror saw Hagan in jail clothing. At the second trial, Hagan’s mother testified that he had confessed to her, saying he shot Rathgeber and calling it an accident; prosecutors argued the shooting was intentional and motivated by robbery. A jury convicted Hagan on all counts, and he accepted a 60-year prison term to avoid life without parole. Anyone with information about Halee, her movements that day, or other potential suspects is asked to come forward.