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Christian Michael Orebaugh was 18 when he was shot and killed during a home invasion at his West 23rd Street residence in Muncie, Indiana, on the evening of July 2, 2015. A recent Cowan High School graduate who planned to attend Ivy Tech Community College, Christian was shot once in the torso and pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities believed the intruders were after marijuana or guns.

The investigation produced multiple arrests over the following years. Twelve days after the killing a 16-year-old from Muncie was arrested on a preliminary murder charge. Darius Covington, then 19, was later charged and ultimately pleaded guilty to aiding, inducing, or causing robbery; he was not believed to have fired the fatal shot. In 2019, Daveon Hendricks was convicted of murder and robbery and sentenced to 55 years. In June 2021 William C. Balfour III was convicted of murder and robbery and given a 60-year sentence; an appellate court upheld that conviction in August 2022. Authorities indicated the investigation remained ongoing and that others believed involved were still being sought.

Did anyone in Muncie know Christian or have information about who else might have been involved that night?