Woman burned in garage, case still unsolved

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) - Dayton police want to close the book on unsolved homicides from 2011.

Forty-three-year-old Sheila Tucker was found dead on December 7 in a garage on North Mcgee Street in Dayton.

The unattached garage on North Mcgee Street suffered little fire damage, but when Dayton fire crews arrived in the early morning hours of December 7, they found a grisly crime scene. Someone had killed 43-year-old Sheila Tucker in the abandoned garage and set her body on fire.

Police are still searching for the motive, although they said information is coming in that suggests Tucker may have had enemies.

Sgt. Dan Mauch of the Dayton Police Department stated, "We have been getting a good amount of leads in this case. Unfortunately there were a lot of people that evidently had some motivation to have a problem with Miss Tucker due to some of the lifestyle choices that she had made. Obviously nobody deserves, something like this, but we're panning through those tips as they come in."

A neighbor reported the fire, and they said they saw people come and go from the garage.

Rebecca Pruitt who lives in the area said, "I've seen a lot of things go on around here, and it's not good. It's not good for anybody."

Investigators are searching through surveillance video from the area of the crime scene, but they're looking for information from anyone who might have seen or heard from Tucker in the days and hours leading up to here murder.

If you have any information for police, you can call Crime Stoppers at 222-7867.