On an Easter Sunday in April 2011, 50-year-old Cynthia Cashner was shot to death inside her Portage, Indiana business, the Mystic Moon Herbal Shoppe. A 911 call from the shop captured only faint breathing; a later review included a man’s voice saying It’s too late followed by multiple gunshots. Officers found Cynthia deceased on an air mattress, apparently sitting cross-legged and using a laptop. The scene showed signs of a struggle: the suite door was damaged, a window had been broken with a blunt object, and eight casings consistent with an AK-47 were recovered.

Investigators focused on Cynthia’s estranged husband, 54-year-old Fredrick (Frederick) Cashner Jr. of Jackson Township. About thirty minutes after the 911 call, Cynthia’s adult son told police his stepfather had called and confessed to the killing; the Porter County SWAT team then surrounded Cashner’s home. Cashner was charged with murder and later pleaded guilty; in January 2013 a judge sentenced him to 45 years in prison under a plea agreement that barred appeal.

Did anyone know Cynthia through the shop or her family who can share details about her life or that day?