Philip Riggle

Philip Riggle was a 48-year-old man from Springfield, Ohio, who had graduated from Springfield North High School and worked for Topre America Ohio. He was a father to a daughter and a member of the Springfield community.

On May 2, 2021, just before 5:30 a.m., police were dispatched to Mr. Riggle’s residence in the 700 block of East Pleasant Street on a report that a man had been shot. Officers arrived to find him just inside the front door of his home. He had suffered a gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation soon uncovered a robbery motive. Officers noted that Mr. Riggle’s pants pocket had been turned inside out. According to court records, two individuals, Brandon Konicki and Stacy Rife, were accused of planning to rob him. A witness told authorities they heard a single gunshot a short time after Konicki went to Mr. Riggle’s home. Rife was seen at the scene shortly after.

When police spoke with Rife there, she had $260 in cash with her. She later admitted to passing the money off before being formally interviewed at the police station, though she denied taking it from Mr. Riggle after he died. An analysis by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation found traces of Rife’s DNA in the pocket of the pants Mr. Riggle was wearing at the time of his death. She was arrested in July 2021.

In September 2023, Stacy Rife, then 37, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, aggravated robbery, and tampering with evidence in connection with Philip Riggle’s death. As of that month, she was awaiting sentencing. Her co-defendant, Brandon Konicki, was scheduled to go to trial for the charges against him.