18-year-old arrested after woman found dead in Ohio Amish community
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An 18-year-old man from an Amish community in southeastern Ohio is facing a murder charge nearly two months after a neighbor went to a woman's home and found her body inside.
According to the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and reports from NBC affiliate WSAZ in Huntington, West Virginia, deputies were called to a home near Rutland on March 13, where they found the body of 28-year-old Rosanna Kinsinger.
A neighbor from the Amish community told WSAZ that when he hadn't seen Kinsinger that day, he went to her house concerned about her. Inside, he found her body. Her goat also had gotten in, he said.
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Deputies ruled the death suspicious and sent Kinsinger's body to the Montgomery County coroner in Dayton for an autopsy, but preliminary results were inconclusive. Detectives conducted interviews and executed several search warrants before identifying Samuel Hochstetler as a suspect.
'This case was such a tragedy to those who knew Rosanna. She was a beloved individual in her community,' Sheriff Scott Fitch said. 'Detectives have worked around the clock searching for answers and were able to get those answers. Hopefully, this investigation helps bring some closure to the victim's family.'
The neighbor told WSAZ that Hochstetler was from Kentucky and had been living with him for several months.
Hochstetler was arrested this week and taken to jail in neighboring Gallia County. In a court appearance, he was issued a $1 million bond and received a court-appointed attorney.
Hochstetler is due back in court on Tuesday.
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