UPDATE 7/31/19 @ 4:59 p.m.

Investigators arrested two people for allegedly making up a story about a deadly shooting in Scioto County, Ohio.

Daren H. Woods, 46, of Lucasville, was found dead on Sunday, July 28.

The shooting was first reported as a suicide, but detectives could not find a gun at the scene. Witnesses then described the shooting as a homicide, but their story did not match the evidence. Investigators say the women finally admitted the victim shot himself, but they made up a fake story about a homicide because one of them wasn't supposed to be around a gun.

Those witnesses are now facing several charges in the investigation: Kelly Rania Alley, 43, and Duffie A. Osborn, 63, both of Lucasville.

Detectives with the Scioto County Sheriff's Office are investigating with assistance from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I).

Investigators responded to a camper in the 3100 block of Blue Run Road in Lucasville after a 911 caller said a man shot himself. Deputies found the man dead with a gunshot wound to the head.

"Two female witnesses who were also at the camper during the time of the shooting had reported that two men in a loud black truck had pulled into the camper area, and that one male entered the trailer and shot the victim before fleeing the area," Captain John W. Murphy stated in a press release Wednesday.

However, after investigating further, detectives found the evidence did not match what they were being told. One of the witnesses later gave investigators a different statement. This time, she said a man and woman pulled up in a loud, black truck and the woman went inside and shot the victim. The witness said the man stayed in the truck.

Detectives found both suspects from the witness' story in Vinton County and determined they were not in Lucasville on the night of the shooting. The man has an ankle monitoring system that tracks his location. It verified he was not in the area that night.

Later, the sheriff's office received a tip that the victim shot himself, and a woman who lives in the camper is a convicted felon who is not allowed to be around guns. Investigators believe she and the other witness "got together and made up a story so that she would not get into trouble for having a firearm or being around one."

Detectives went to the home next door to where the shooting happened to speak with the mother of one of the witnesses. There, they found the gun used in the shooting.

After recovering the gun, detectives interviewed the two female witnesses again. They admitted to making up a fake story, giving false statements, and taking the gun away from the shooting scene.

"Both witnesses were given a Computerized Voice Stress Analysis test which indicated they were being truthful," Murphy stated.

Osborn is charged with felonies and misdemeanors, including tampering with evidence, obstructing official business, inducing panic, and falsification. She appeared in court Wednesday and is being held in jail on a $52,750 bond.

Alley is facing the same charges, plus having a weapon under disability. She also appeared in court Wednesday and is being held in jail on a $102,750 bond.

Additional charges could be presented to the Scioto County Grand Jury. Anyone with information about the case should contact Detective Kirk Jackson at 740-351-1093. Your call can be anonymous.

UPDATE 7/29/19 @ 10 p.m.

A call that came in as a suicide is now being investigated as a homicide.

A 46-year-old man on Sunday was found shot in the head in a rural part of Lucasville in Scioto County, but it's what investigators didn't find that led them to believe someone else was responsible.

Neighbors say 46-year-old Daren Woods had been living in a camper along Blue Run Road.

One neighbor, who didn't want to be identified, says Woods helped fix her family's cars.

"He had a real natural aptitude for fixing vehicles," the neighbor said.

That neighbor says she was skeptical when she first heard Woods had supposedly taken his own life.

"It just didn't feel right," she said. "There was never any indication that he would think about doing something like that."

The Scioto County Sheriff's Office learned about the death through a 911 call just after 6 p.m. Sunday.

Investigators say the 911 caller claimed Woods had shot himself, but detectives say they couldn't find a gun at the scene. Deputies say he was shot in the head.

"It's unnerving," the neighbor said.

The neighbor says this violent death was the latest example of how the rural community has been deteriorating. Two other people, mother and daughter Candy and Kristina Newsome, were killed along the same road in January of 2016. No arrests have been made in that case.

"I think it speaks to the growing problem about how neighborhoods are disintegrating," the neighbor said.

Woods' body was taken to the Montgomery County coroner's office for an autopsy.

ORIGINAL STORY 7/29/19

Deputies are investigating a homicide in Lucasville.

The Scioto County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call just after 6 p.m. Sunday. The call came from the 3100 block of Blue Run County Road.

Investigators say the 911 caller claimed they needed an ambulance because a man shot himself. However, detectives could not find a gun when they arrived on scene.

Deputies, detectives, and Minford Squad 3 responded. They found the man dead. Deputies say he was shot in the head.

"At this time, the investigation continues into the death, but the preliminary investigation suggests that this is a homicide," Captain John W. Murphy said.

Murphy called in the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI&I) to help.

The sheriff's office identified the victim as Daren H. Woods, 46, of Lucasville.

Woods' body was taken to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for an autopsy.

If you have any information about the case, call Detective Kirk Jackson at (740) 351-1093. Your conversation can be confidential.