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In late August 2015 two men were found shot to death on a rural property near Shoals, Indiana. Eighty-two-year-old Alan Sims was discovered in his garage on August 26, 2015, suffering a fatal gunshot wound. A deputy who had come to the property while searching for a missing neighbor found Sims and then located 52-year-old Tom Tharp in a garden about 30 yards from the garage; Tharp had also died of a single gunshot wound.

Investigators focused on 33-year-old Nathan Baker, who had formerly lived on Sims’ property and had been seen there in the days before the killings. Deputies issued an alert for Tharp’s green 1997 Pontiac Sunfire; Lawrence County deputies spotted the vehicle, pursued it and arrested the driver after a crash. A shotgun believed to be the murder weapon was recovered from the car. Baker was charged with two counts of murder plus related burglary, theft and auto-theft counts and underwent competency evaluation before trial.

Does anyone have information about Baker’s presence on Fred Sims Road or sightings of that green Pontiac Sunfire in the days before August 26, 2015?