Cheryl Waggoner Reynolds was 36 when she was fatally shot inside a residence on North 13th and ½ Street in Terre Haute on September 28, 2014. The single gunshot wound to her chest proved fatal; an autopsy recorded the cause of death as a gunshot to the heart and a lung. The initial 911 call suggested a possible suicide, but responding officers found the wound inconsistent with a self-inflicted injury and opened a homicide investigation.

Investigators focused on her live-in boyfriend, Franklin D. Roach Jr. Police records show a history of domestic incidents between the couple: in July 2014 Roach was arrested after Cheryl reported being battered, with charges that included domestic battery, intimidation, and resisting law enforcement. Roach, who was 40 at the time of the September arrest, faced murder and reckless homicide charges; a jury convicted him of reckless homicide after a three-day trial and roughly 90 minutes of deliberation, and the murder charge was dismissed. He was sentenced to six years in prison for Cheryl’s death.

If anyone knew Cheryl, her routines, or the couple’s situation, please share information that might shed more light on what happened that night.