Overview
- Base officials identified the deceased as 1st Lt. Jaime Gustitus, 25, Jaymee Prichard, 33, and Jacob Prichard, 34, all affiliated with Wright-Patterson units.
- Local police have characterized the case as an apparent double murder-suicide in which Jacob Prichard allegedly killed Gustitus and his wife before taking his own life.
- Investigators report the sequence included a break-in at Gustitus’s Sugarcreek Township apartment around 2 a.m. and Prichard’s suicide near 4:30 a.m. in a West Milton municipal parking lot.
- The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is leading the probe with support from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations and multiple local departments, and many specifics remain withheld.
- The Air Force has extended counseling and casualty assistance to families and staff, and relatives have launched a fundraiser to support the Prichard children.