Indiana Wife Shoots Husband Dead Lives With Body “For Days” Say Police

CRAWFORDSVILLE, IN. (THECOUNT) — Indiana woman, Sheila Ridenour, has been identified as the suspect arrested Monday after she shot and killed her husband and failed report it to authorities for days, according to reports.

Ridenour, whose age was not provided, shot her husband, Billy Ridenour, dead on Friday and waited to report the incident until the following Monday.

Billy Ridenour was shot dead following a fatal altercation that occurred on Friday in Montgomery County. Police say Sheila Ridenour waited until 3:24 a.m. Monday to tell authorities that she had shot her husband to death.

Officers responded to the home in the 5700 block of West 700 South and found Billy Ridenour, 62, dead. source

Sheila was taken into custody and transported to the Montgomery County Jail.

Following an interview with detectives, she was preliminarily charged with murder and failure to report a dead body.

Authorities didn’t immediately release further details about what led up to the shooting; it’s not clear what caused Sheila Ridenour’s two black eyes in the booking photo.

Police didn’t have any record of prior domestic violence incidents involving the couple, the Journal Review reports.

Anyone with possible information on the case should contact police at 911.

Crawfordsville is a city in Union Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 15,915. The city is the county seat of Montgomery County, according to Wikipedia.