Family of murdered photographer wonders if his killer acted alone
Joe Shymanski, a, well-known Washington D.C. photographer, was murdered and dismembered in 2023. His ex-wife's former boyfriend, Brandon Holbrook, was convicted in the case. Shymanski's family still wonders if anyone else was involved.
Updated on: August 8, 2026 / 10:59 PM EDT / CBS News
This story originally aired on Oct. 18, 2025.
The investigation of Joe Shymanski 's murder began as a missing persons case. It was Sept. 4, 2023, at 7:47 p.m. when sheriff's deputies in Calvert County, Maryland, were called to the home of the well-known photographer.
His ex-wife, Heather Snyder, met them in the driveway. She would tell authorities she had arrived by car at about 7 p.m. from her home in Pennsylvania to hand off custody of their then-8-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son.
HEATHER SNYDER (bodycam video): Um, I was supposed to return the kids to him.
HEATHER SNYDER: At 7 o'clock tonight ...