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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) It has been nearly eight years since Rachael DelTondo was shot and killed in the driveway of her parents’ home in Aliquippa. 

The case has drawn national attention and continued intrigue as it remains unsolved. Although investigators have publicly identified a “prime suspect,” no arrests have been made. 

Now, dozens of newly unsealed search warrants reviewed by KDKA-TV outline what investigators describe as a compelling circumstantial case against Sheldon Jeter Jr. Prosecutors, however, have continued to maintain that the evidence is insufficient to file charges. 

Jeter — DelTondo’s former boyfriend, who was 20 years old at the time of the killing — has long been identified by investigators as the prime suspect. Authorities have said he lied to investigators about his whereabouts the night DelTondo was killed. 

While the warrants lay out extensive circumstantial evidence, investigators have acknowledged there was no eyewitness to the shooting and no murder weapon was ever recovered. 

Jeter’s former attorney told KDKA there has never been enough evidence to arrest him and believes there never will be. 

Authorities said DelTondo was found shot to death on May 13, 2018, after returning home from getting ice cream with friends. Investigators said she was shot near the end of her driveway after getting out of a vehicle on Mother’s Day.