I see that the press conference with Marion County Sheriff doesn't show up in the article unless you view from an actual computer, at least in my case. I've been reading different stories of what was said about the case that are conflicting each other, and I wasn't able to watch the video til just now. Here is my rough transcript with the actual facts that were mentioned by the sheriff.
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March 10, 2007 skeletal remains found
Last week SG told Ashland he killed female in Marion County
SG had lived in a residential area called Grandview Estates, which was "probably" just less than a mile from remains
Marion County investigators went down and talked to SG at the Ashland PD
He said a young white female about 26 yo was selling magazines or some type of literature in Marion County
She had sold some of these magazines to his mother and did not deliver them. His mother was upset because she did not get the magazines, so a few months later, Grate saw this same young woman, he got her into his car by telling her he wanted to buy some magazines
He took her to a residence south of the city of Marion where he took her into the house, he stabbed her, then he his her in the basement for 2 days
Then he took the body out to Victory Rd where he dumped the body
"Sometime maybe a year or so later", he went out there, he was concerned about any DNA that might have been at the scene, so he set the body on fire
At this point in time, we do not know who this young lady is.
I was hoping that we might find some info over the weekend by talking to his mother and friends to find out.....that would lead us to her identity, but that has not happened, so we're asking for help from the public
He thinks her name was Diane or Dana. Started with a D. Does not remember her last name.
And if you've seen the image we out in 2007, he said that does not look like her.
He believes she is from Ohio, but he can't tell us any more than that.
The info that he's given us, I think is credible. It matches up with what we saw at the scene. We think he was involved in this.
His demeanor was very polite and very nice. Went up and shook hands with the investigator
Told "her" that he wanted to get this off his chest and then just sat down and then started providing details
We found her in 2007. He may have killed her as early as 2003, 2004, or 2005
He's telling us that this is the first woman that he killed.
It's hard to believe that there aren't others out there.
She is not from Marion County. She was not reported missing in Marion County. We've searched all the databases, and we can't find anything in Ohio that would lead us to her identification.
Reporter question: What did he know that the public would not have known about the body?:
Answer: He went back and he burnt the body, which scorched the leaves and the trees. It looked like they had been burnt. The mere fact that this is the first body we found without identifying feature, such as clothes or id. This one was nothing, just remains were found.
Reporter question: Did you guys know SG?
Answer: Oh yes. We've come across him, we've arrested him, sent him to CRC. He has a history here in the county.
It's my surmise that if you start killing in 2003 or 2004 and you kill in 2016, it's my experience that there's gotta be something in between there that I would be looking for some more dead bodies
Reporter question: His mother did not know he had killed her in the basement where they lived?
Answer: At that point she did not live there. This house changed ownership in that timeframe. I think he was remodeling the house at that point. She actually lived on Windsor Street in Marion, not at that residence. He lived there alone, yes. I think the ownership transferred from her to him, and he was remodeling the house.
The FBI is going to interview some Marion County investigators and do a profile on him. That would be a starting point in trying to figure out if there are others out there.
I would call him a serial killer.
I think he showed some remorse, yes. Umm, I think he's found God and wants to move forward.
Location of body northeast of Marion on Victory Road, off the road in a wooded area.
People smelled the odor of the body and thought a deer carcass had been dumped.
There was a man actually walking through the woods. He was looking for cans. He found the body and reported it to us.
I had short conversation with prosecutor. Nothing has been promised.
I was trying to ID body and beat you guys to the punch.
He has been cooperating with us. The case is not closed.
No charges have been filed. There is no rush. We want to find id of the victim, notify the family, and go from there.
He saw her on South Prospect in Marion
They were getting ready to lock him up, and they said is there anything else you wanna tell us, and he said yes, I killed a girl in Marion
He pinpointed the location on the map and went right to it.
Our primary concern is
Mother, sister, and a gf have been interviewed.
He told his gf back then that this happened, and she didn't believe him.
