On February 11, 1998, 36-year-old Shelly T. Schantz and her 33-year-old roommate Allen Ripka were found murdered inside a home on Sleepy Duck Road in Henrico, Virginia. Both victims had been shot in what investigators described as execution-style: Schantz was shot in the chest and then fatally in the head, and Ripka was killed by a single gunshot to the back of the head. There were no signs of forced entry or robbery, and Schantz’s three-year-old son was found unharmed in his crib upstairs.

Detectives noted a lack of forensic evidence at the scene and concluded the killings appeared calculated, leading to speculation they were not random. A potential motive emerged from Schantz’s contentious child support dispute with the child’s father, Randall Damon; investigators were told Damon had allegedly threatened her over the upcoming court case. No direct evidence has linked him or anyone else to the murders.

The case remains an active cold case with no arrests and no officially named suspects. Does anyone who lived in Henrico in 1998 or who knew Shelly or Allen have information that could help investigators?