Gregory Paul Malarik is charged with first-degree premeditated murder in the death of his wife, Sherri Lynn Malarik in 2001. Sherri's body was found in her minivan parked outside of a shopping center on Sept. 22, 2001, after she disappeared the night before. The medical examiner ruled Sherri's death a homicide and said she had been killed by two gunshot wounds to the head with a .25 caliber handgun. Gregory had been having an affair with a woman named Jennifer Spohn. An email between them included one where the pair discussed 'how to trick a polygraph'. The case was cold until March 2022, when police interviewed Spohn again. Though she had initially told officers that she had come to the victim's home on Sept. 21 to return a lawn mower, 20 years later she 'provided conflicting information about whether or not this was the purpose and if it had been pre-arranged for her to return this mower'. The murder weapon was never found, and Malarik has denied ever owning a .25 caliber handgun or having access to one. However, investigators maintain that more than 20 interviews or reports 'show he did, in fact, possess and/or own such a firearm at the time of the homicide'. Malarik's first trial ended with a mistrial in June 2022 when the jury was unable to reach a verdict.