Blake Andrew Box Skinner was 20 when he was found dead on the property he shared with a roommate on Lost River Road in Campbellsburg, Indiana. Family reported not hearing from him for several days in January 2017, which led police to check on his welfare. His body was discovered in an outbuilding, concealed under debris; the preliminary cause of death was a gunshot wound.

Police focused their investigation on Skinner’s 20-year-old roommate and friend, Joshua Rainbolt. Rainbolt was arrested and charged with murder. A probable cause affidavit says Rainbolt admitted shooting Skinner in the back of the head with a shotgun, dragging the body to a shed, covering the head and torso with a washing machine, and disposing of the shotgun in the White River. At his initial court appearance Rainbolt was emotional and was ordered held without bond; a public defender was appointed. The motive for the killing has not been stated.

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