Anyone with information pertaining to the Brittany Stykes homicide should contact Detective Sergeant Quinn Carlson at (937) 378-4435, extension 126.
A large crowd gathered at the memorial of Brittany Stykes on May 4 to celebrate what would have been her 32nd birthday. Stykes was shot to death in her Jeep around 10 years ago and her killer has not yet been brought to justice. Photo by Wade Linville
Mary Dodson, mother of Brittany Stykes, is comforted by a friend during the annual balloon release celebrating her daughter’s birthday. Photo by Wade Linville
A balloon release to celebrate what would have been Brittany Stykes’ 32nd birthday was held May 4 along US Highway 68 outside of Ripley. Photo by Wade Linville
It’s been nearly 10 years since Brittany Stykes was shot to death while driving on US Highway 68 between Ripley and Georgetown, and her killer has never been brought to justice. Each year for her birthday, family and friends of Stykes gather at the location on US Highway 68 where she lost her life, a place where her memorial now stands. Her daughter, Aubree, was struck in the head by a bullet during the shooting but survived. Brittany Stykes was also pregnant at the time she was killed.
Family and friends gathered at her memorial once again on May 4, celebrating what would have been her 32nd birthday.
Mary Dodson led the annual balloon release on May 4 that is done each year in celebration of what would have been Brittany Stykes’ birthday.
Brown County Sheriff Gordon Ellis said his office will continue to investigate the murder of Brittany Stykes.
The reward for information that leads to a successful arrest and prosecution in the Brittany Stykes homicide from 2013 has increased to $50,000.
Anyone with information pertaining to the Brittany Stykes homicide should contact Detective Sergeant Quinn Carlson at (937) 378-4435, extension 126.
Brittany Stykes was found shot to death on Aug. 28, 2013.
The shooting took place as Stykes was traveling in her vehicle on U.S. Highway 68.
The yellow Jeep she was driving was spotted by a passerby after it had driven off U.S. 68.
Previous news reports stated that she had been at her mother-in-law’s home in Bethel on Aug. 28 prior to her death, and had left there to visit her parents who live on Ripley Road just outside of Ripley on her father’s birthday. She was 22 years old.
