In the early hours of June 7, 2023, a violent crime on Pine Grove Road in Leesville, South Carolina, claimed the life of an innocent bystander. Emily Renee Zeigler, a 55-year-old White female, was inside her home around 2:00 a.m. when she heard a disturbance outside. Two men had arrived in her neighborhood with plans to rob a man who was sitting in a Lexus parked in a nearby driveway. They opened fire on the man, shooting him multiple times. When Ms.
Zeigler opened her front door to see what was happening, she was struck in the chest by a bullet. She died shortly thereafter from a single gunshot wound to the heart.
When deputies from the Lexington County Sheriff’s Department arrived, they found Ms. Zeigler deceased at the entrance to her home. The male victim of the robbery was critically injured and was airlifted by a LifeNet helicopter to the Prisma Health Trauma Unit. Before being transported, he was able to tell a responding deputy that one of his attackers was a man known as “Rese.” The investigation, led by the Major Crimes Unit, determined that Ms. Zeigler had no known connection to the shooters.
Crime scene investigators collected significant evidence, including at least eleven fired cartridge cases from two different weapons, a .40 caliber and a 9mm. They also found a palm print at the scene that was later identified as belonging to Jalin Trevon Jordan. This lead, combined with the victim’s statement and an analysis of cell phone records, allowed investigators to identify the two suspects. The records confirmed that Tyrese “Rese” Dwan Glascho and Jalin Trevon Jordan had been in contact just hours before the shooting and had planned the robbery.
Authorities arrested Glascho, then 24, and Jordan, then 18. Both men were charged with murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, and possession of a weapon during a violent crime. The case against Tyrese Glascho proceeded to trial, and in July 2026, a jury found him guilty on all charges.
During Glascho’s sentencing hearing, members of Emily Zeigler’s family addressed the court to speak about the impact of her loss. A judge subsequently sentenced Glascho, then 27, to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder charge, with concurrent sentences for the other convictions. He was transferred to the South Carolina Department of Corrections to begin serving his time in July 2026.
