QUINCY – A 15-year-old boy has been charged as an adult with two counts of felony murder in Owen County, following the fatal shooting of two family members at his home in Quincy this past summer.
Jeremiah Nicholas Dill, 15, was arrested in August after police discovered two men dead from gunshot wounds outside a residence in the 1500 block of Truesdel Road.
Authorities were dispatched to the scene around 3:45 p.m. on August 9, following a report of a shooting. Upon arrival, police found 61-year-old Jefferey Fauber and 41-year-old Grantham Adam Chandler in the driveway. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene.
A woman at the home reportedly told police that the shooting was carried out by a “15-year-old boy who just got released” from a mental health facility. She also noted that a 2011 gold Ford Escape and several firearms were missing from the property.
Shortly after the incident, the investigation focused on the Morgan County Jail, where a juvenile arrived and turned himself in as a homicide suspect. According to court documents, the teen, later identified as Dill, made several unsolicited statements to jail staff, including: “I killed my family,” “I killed my father,” and “I’m fighting demons.”
After being handcuffed, Dill reportedly confessed further, stating, “I shot him with a 22,” and, “The guns that I killed him with are in that car,” while pointing to the gold Ford Escape missing from the crime scene. Inside the vehicle, investigators located a handgun and a loaded AR-15 with the safety off.
Court documents detail that Dill lives at the Quincy home with several family members.
The investigation uncovered recent behavioral concerns. A witness at the crime scene reported that while Dill had been “uncharacteristically helpful” and “chill” the morning of the shooting, he had recently been making threats to “kill the family.”
Investigators learned a police report had recently been filed in Bloomington after Dill told an officer he intended to kill his father. That report noted Dill claimed he “knew where all the guns were in the house,” and that the Department of Child Services (DCS) had been contacted.
Court records indicate Dill had been taken into psychiatric care following that incident and was reportedly released from a mental health clinic on August 7, just two days before the double homicide. The family had allegedly been “ensuring all firearms inside the home were locked up,” but Dill somehow gained access to the weapons.
Dill was placed under arrest and booked on preliminary murder charges. He was formally charged with two counts of murder in the Owen Circuit Court. A jury trial is currently scheduled to begin on April 14, 2026, at 9:00 a.m.
