PROBE INTO GREENE COUNTY SLAYINGS SLOWED BY VIRUS

Grand jury to review facts, but prosecutor still awaiting report.

Coronavirus has slowed an investigation into a double-fatal shooting that took place outside a multi-million dollar home on Grinnell Road near Yellow Springs more than three months ago.

Greene County Assistant Prosecutor Suzanne Schmidt said the prosecutor’s office is waiting for an Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation report before moving forward.

“Once all evidence reports are received, we will complete our staff review. The matter will then be scheduled for the grand jury to review the facts,” she said in an email in response to questions from the Dayton Daily News.

She said there has been a delay in BCI processing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office began its investigation Feb. 12 when deputies were called to 3443 Grinnell Road and discovered Robert “Reed” Sanders and Cheryl Sanders dead on the side of the road.

Cheryl Sanders was a product spokeswoman and stunt woman who also appeared on the cover of Healthy Living Magazine. The couple was shot by Cheryl Sanders’ ex-husband, Robert “Lindsey” Duncan, authorities said, outside Duncan’s multi-million dollar home.

Lindsey Duncan is the founder of Genesis Today, which promotes health supplements, and he appeared on the Dr. Oz Show and The View nearly a decade ago to talk about weight loss.

Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer previously described the actions of Reed and Cheryl Sanders as a possible “ambush.” An incident report from the Greene County Sheriff ’s Office lists the case as a justifiable homicide.

Molly Duncan, Lindsey’s wife, was with her husband during the incident. She said they were ambushed as they were pulling into the driveway of their home.

“The word ambush is exactly what it was,” Molly Duncan said. “We were caught off guard. They said nothing and they started shooting at us.”

The incident began when Reed Sanders approached the Duncans’ vehicle as it pulled into the driveway, Fischer said.

He said the Duncans were inside their vehicle, then Lindsey Duncan

exchanged gunfire with Reed Sanders, who was shot and killed.

“I thought it was a bad nightmare. I didn’t know what to do,” Lindsey Duncan said during a news conference after the shootings. “Whatever happened after that was instinct. It wasn’t me. It was instinct.”

Lindsey Duncan — who has a CCW permit — then shot and killed his ex-wife, Cheryl Sanders, who drove up to the scene soon after the first shooting. She was armed with a gun, Fischer said.