On February 15, 2024, police and medics responded to a home in the 800 block of South Sixth Street in Richmond, Indiana, at about 4:28 p.m. Inside they found 62-year-old Carl R. Mullen and his 48-year-old wife, Laura A. Mullen, both unresponsive and later determined to have died of gunshot wounds. The scene was secured and the bodies were sent to the Montgomery County Crime Lab in Ohio for autopsy by the Wayne County Coroner’s Office.

Carl is described as a devoted family man and hard worker who loved baseball, especially the Cincinnati Reds, and collected team memorabilia. The community expressed shock and grief after the killings; candles were lit and condolences offered to surviving relatives including a daughter and siblings. Authorities characterized the incident as isolated, and investigators have said the immediate circumstances leading to the shooting were unclear.

Few public details about the investigation have been released. Does anyone in the area have information that could help explain what happened that afternoon?