On October 27, 2009, 28-year-old Amy R. Meyer White was shot to death in the garage of the home where her estranged husband, Tyler White, was living in Bluffton, Indiana. Amy, a South Adams High School and University of St. Francis graduate who had returned to coach cross country at her alma mater, had gone to exchange custody of the couple’s young son when a dispute over parenting time turned deadly. She was struck twice in the chest and abdomen and pronounced dead at the scene; an autopsy later showed she was about 11 to 12 weeks pregnant, and the unborn child died as well.

Officers found Amy’s body in the garage along with two handguns and her damaged cell phone. Tyler White was at the scene and taken into custody. He told investigators he acted in self-defense, alleging Amy had pointed a gun at him first, but prosecutors said evidence contradicted that account and argued the scene had been staged. They also presented testimony that a second gun near Amy had been planted and that Tyler shot Amy’s phone to destroy audio recordings she planned to use in a custody hearing.

Tyler White was arrested and charged with murder and feticide; the trial began in 2011 and the jury rejected the self-defense claim, convicting him of murder and, in a bifurcated phase, feticide. Anyone who knew Amy or has information about the case is asked to come forward.