A dispute between roommates in Caledonia, New York, ended in a fatal shooting on January 23, 2022. Sixty-four-year-old Dale Ryerse was found inside his trailer with multiple gunshot wounds and pronounced dead. His 56-year-old roommate, Stephen Adams, called 911 to report the shooting and was found cooperative by Livingston County Sheriff’s deputies when they arrived.

Investigators concluded the relationship between Ryerse and Adams had deteriorated from friends to a strained landlord-tenant dynamic, with Ryerse owning the trailer; that conflict is described as the apparent motive. Adams was arrested, charged with second-degree murder and tampering with physical evidence, and was convicted in 2022 and sentenced to 20 years to life in state prison.

The conviction was later appealed and the appellate court affirmed the verdict in November 2024. Does anyone have information about Ryerse’s life in Caledonia or about tensions at that trailer park that might shed light on what led up to this killing?