Timeline of events
Aug. 28, 2018: Jacob Caldwell, now 15, is found safe, according to Sugarcreek Twp. police. Jacob went missing days after his father's slaying. The FBI issued a $15,000 reward for information leading to Jacob's whereabouts. In the days following the one-year anniversary of Jacob's father's death, Jacob's photo and information was put on digital billboards in a renewed effort to locate the teen.
March 2018: Authorities announced six people were indicted in Robert Caldwell's death. Sterling H. Roberts, 35, and Caldwell's ex-wife Tawnney M. Caldwell, 34, of Centerville, were indicted on charges of murder and may be eligible for the death penalty.Four others were also charged.
February 2018: Five of six suspects identified in Robert Caldwell's death are arrested by local authorities.
Aug. 21, 2017: Jacob Caldwell is reported missing by his paternal grandparents in Sugarcreek Twp. Police said surveillance video appeared to capture Jacob in the parking lot of a local Walmart, where he may have met someone who helped him disappear.
Aug. 19, 2017: The alleged shooter, Sterling Roberts, 35, was arrested in South Carolina after he allegedly shot at a deputy in Spartanburg, S.C. Roberts remains in custody in South Carolina pending court proceedings there.
Aug. 15, 2017: Robert Caldwell, 35, was gunned down in the afternoon outside the Claypool building on Linden Avenue in Riverside.
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