Mother still searches for truth about daughter’s death in a burning pickup

Tricia Shepard, 21, died under mysterious circumstances; Huron County sheriff, prosecutor refuse to help family

NEW LONDON — It was a moment forever seared into Tricia Shepard’s heart.

“At 4:40 p.m., I received the worst news of my life,” she wrote in a Facebook post marking the anniversary of her daughter’s death. “Not one, not two, but three State Highway Patrol cars pulled into my driveway to deliver the news.”