Shephard, 45, was found by his friend Charles Hoops. According to the sheriff’s office, Shephard met Hoops for breakfast several times a week at the Waffle House in Brookville. When Shephard didn’t show up for breakfast and wasn’t answering his phone that day, Hoops went to Shephard’s house.
Perry Twp. police responded to the house and found that Shephard had been violently killed.
Investigators said Shephard, a widower and the father of two daughters and a son, had been a victim of terrible violence.
“The way he died is a way no one deserves to go out,” Streck said.
Streck also said at the time that investigators were down to a couple suspects.
In a release, the sheriff’s office said that the case remains open, and detectives need help with any information that may have arisen since the homicide took place.
The sheriff’s office asked anyone with information to contact Detective Melanie Phelps at 937-225-6479 or by emailing PhelpsM@mcohiosheriff.org.
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