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Merle Dech and Jane Roman of Toledo will provide co-counsel to Daniel Myers, 48, of Green Creek Township, who faces the death penalty if convicted of aggravated murder, kidnapping and aggravated robbery charges that carry sexually motivated specifications.
The appointment of Dech and Roman, Braun said, means the case will continue on track for a speedy trial.
"It speeds up the process," Braun said. "The attorneys will be able to interpret evidence quickly, and we will be back in court next week and we will schedule a trial. He did not waive his right to a speedy trial."
Through the course of the investigation into Myers' alleged involvement with Bogle, Hilton confirmed that the sheriff's office is investigating the death of Myers' ex-girlfriend Leigh Ann Sluder, who was found dead by Myers at a trailer he owned in 2009.
The man authorities believe killed Heather Bogle in April 2015 will face a jury trial set by the defense and prosecution for May 7, 2018.
In setting a May trial date, Daniel Myers, 48, of Green Creek Township, waived his right to have a speedy trial within 90 days of his arrest.
Poor woman! Glad thisis off the street.
What about tbe other people named publicly as poi and suspects?
The fate of three others named persons of interest by former sheriffs detective Sean P. OConnell isnt clear.
At one time, OConnell said he had a list of persons of interest, but he named just three people as suspects: Omar Satchel, Keyona Bor and Kayree Manny Jeffery.
All three denied having any involvement in Bogles death. They also claimed they were being harassed by the detective, in one way or another. Jeffery said he was unequivocally cleared and OConnell knew it even as he released his name to the public, calling him a suspect in Bogles murder.
As soon as my name came up (in the investigation) I volunteered to talk with police. I provided DNA samples. I told them where I was. They checked my alibi, he told the Register in April 2016.
OConnell was forced out as a deputy last year after numerous allegations were raised about how he was handling the Bogle investigation. Bogles family complained, other police leaders became concerned and general dysfunction in the investigation and inside the sheriffs office was being widely reported by the Register.
In that first interview immediately after the murder, they showed her gruesome photos of the crime scene, and questioned her. Bor told OConnell and the deputies with him she didnt know Heather Bogle and knew nothing about who killed her.
The only connection between them she could figure was she lived in the apartment building where Bogles car and body were found.
One motive, however, was clear: OConnell was angry her sons father was appealing his 2014 criminal conviction on drug charges that OConnell helped secure. After the first raid at her home in April 2015, deputies left a copy of Julian Kisers court appeal, carefully laid out on her bed for Bor to find.
She doesnt know whether OConnell did that to send a message to Kiser to back off his appeal, or if he simply hoped to intimidate her. If it was the former, it didnt work, she said. If it was the latter, it did. Bor said she was definitely afraid of OConnell, of what hed done to her life and what he threatened to do.
Attorneys for Daniel Myers, the man accused of killing Heather Bogle in April 2015, have filed a flurry of court motions in the death penalty case including one seeking to close future pretrial hearings to the public.
The Toledo-based attorneys, Merle Dech and Jane Roman, filed 22 motions earlier this month on behalf of Myers.
On Wednesday, Sandusky County Common Pleas Judge John Dewey met with the attorneys and scheduled a hearing in Feburary to discuss the motions.
Myers, 48, of Green Creek Township, is facing a possible death sentence if convicted of murdering Heather Bogle in April 2015.
He will next appear in court at 9:30 a.m. April 23.
The continuance means the trial, which attorneys for both sides had agreed in February on the May 7 start, will not go as planned, according to Sandusky County Common Pleas Court Administrator Brock Kimmet.
Heather's sister, Jennifer Bogle, told the Fremont News Messenger after Monday's pretrial that the family has become frustrated with the delays in the case.
"I was hoping he'd go ahead and plead so we don't have to go through with all of it, but at the same time, we know that he did it," Jennifer said.
Braun and Myers' defense team of Merle Dech and Jane Roman agreed to a Sept. 4 jury trial date.
A judge ruled on several motions Monday regarding the capital murder case of Daniel Myers, charged in the 2015 slaying of Heather Bogle, including access to DNA evidence collected from fingernail scrapings in the case.
Many of the 53 motions addressed in court Monday were agreed to by both the prosecution and defense, including a motion to extend the deadline for the defense to review discovery evidence.
"We move to dismiss counts three (falsification), five (obstructing official business) and six (coercion)," Fiegl said in Monday's hearing held in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court.
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