David Costlow, 50, was found dead in a ditch near Brighton on October 26, 2025, prompting a Greene County homicide investigation. Deputies and detectives responded to the rural roadside scene; initial assessments indicated Costlow had sustained a possible gunshot wound, and investigators described the death as a violent criminal act.

The probe produced several arrests in early November 2025. On November 5, 49-year-old Shannon Phillips was arrested and charged with abandonment of a corpse and held on $20,000 bond. Charges against another man, Paul Sartin, were upgraded to include second-degree murder, armed criminal action, unlawful possession of a firearm, and abandonment of a corpse; Sartin was ordered held without bond. By November 7 a third person had also been charged in connection with the case.

What details about Costlow’s final movements or about the relationship between the suspects and the victim could help explain what happened?