2 suspects identified in 2016 Morgan County murder case; Detectives plead for more information

MOORESVILLE, Ind. – Exactly 10 years, to the day, after 28-year-old Jacob Searcy was murdered in Mooresville, investigators announced two suspects have been identified.

According to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office, the first few years after the crime didn’t produce very many leads. Detectives steadily gathered information over time, so dozens of new interviews and several search warrants since then have pushed them closer to answers.

“Jacob was not only my son. He was my best friend,” Searcy’s mother, Sue Beetham, told FOX59/CBS4 back in 2019. “And I really wish you [suspects] hadn’t done that.”…

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