Town Marshal Bobby R. Moore Sr., 49, was shot dead outside his home at 305 East Spring Street in Fremont, Indiana, on the night of July 26, 1988. Neighbors reported hearing gunfire around 10:25 p.m.; officers found Moore deceased on a side porch. He had been struck by a .30-06 rifle.

Investigators quickly focused on Moore’s stepson, Samuel L. Sisler, then 35 and a former Indiana State Police trooper trainee; police announced they wanted to question him. Five months earlier, on February 26, Moore had fatally shot his wife, Barbara Sisler Moore. Moore claimed self-defense and the charges were dropped, allowing him to be reinstated as town marshal. Moore had earlier investigated the 1974 murder of Louis A. Sisler in Washington D.C., the first husband of Barbara, a case that led to Moore meeting and later marrying her.

No one was ever charged in Moore’s killing and the case went cold; the Indiana State Police list it as open. If anyone has information about the shooting or the people involved, please come forward.