GUILTY OH - Woman held captive in pit, neighbor arrested, Blanchester, 26 April 2017

[everybodhi]

That was probably a question asked, yes. They asked if her seizure was real.

Defense is trying to say her actions toward him led to this. That she was nice and understanding of him even though they had a history.


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If you're not nice, you enrage him.
If you're nice, you encourage him.

The guy dug a hole and had a big piece of wood and a lawnmower ready to put on top so she couldn't get out. And a padlock on the shed, just in case.

 

[JerseyGirl]

During a Thursday hearing, the Clinton County Common Pleas judge set Aug. 7 as the first trial date for Dennis Dunn, 47.

Dunn’s attorney entered a not guilty by reason of insanity plea on his client’s behalf.

Before a trial, there will be a final status conference held on July 16 to go over jury protocol and other issues that need attention.

http://www.wnewsj.com/news/69649/dunn-found-competent-to-stand-trial

 

[JerseyGirl]

Trial begins for Blanchester man accused of hiding a kidnapped woman in a hole in his shed

 

[iulia]

Judge finds Blanchester man guilty of kidnapping neighbor, burying her alive under shed

CLINTON COUNTY, Ohio — A judge has found Dennis Dunn guilty of kidnapping a woman and burying her alive under a shed in Blanchester in 2017.

Dunn was found guilty on three felony counts of kidnapping and forcing his neighbor into a hole under a shed. A judge found him not guilty of two counts that he abducted that woman for sex.

 

[JerseyGirl]

The man convicted of holding his neighbor and possible girlfriend hostage in a pit inside a shed in his backyard will spend the next seven years of his life in prison.

‘Her reactions are going to ruin his life,’ says family of man sentenced for holding woman captive in pit

 

[JerseyGirl]

New trial ordered for southern Ohio man convicted of kidnapping neighbor, putting her in backyard pit

A new trial date for Dunn has not been set yet, Clinton County court officials said Thursday.

He was released from a state prison April 30 and taken to the Clinton County Jail, where jail officials say he was held until his release Tuesday.

The judge ordered Dunn to wear a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and stay at home, court documents show. He can only leave after receiving permission from the court.

 

[everybodhi]

New trial ordered for southern Ohio man convicted of kidnapping neighbor, putting her in backyard pit

A new trial date for Dunn has not been set yet, Clinton County court officials said Thursday.

He was released from a state prison April 30 and taken to the Clinton County Jail, where jail officials say he was held until his release Tuesday.

The judge ordered Dunn to wear a GPS monitoring ankle bracelet and stay at home, court documents show. He can only leave after receiving permission from the court.

He’s living with his parents now, I wonder if the defense in the next trial will also use his mom’s testimony to explain the favor he was doing for his victim

“Dunn’s mother says her son put Elliott in the pit because he would do anything for her.”

 

[Betty P]

He’s living with his parents now, I wonder if the defense in the next trial will also use his mom’s testimony to explain the favor he was doing for his victim

“Dunn’s mother says her son put Elliott in the pit because he would do anything for her.”

This is a crazy case, but typical of rural Ohio. If you're from a family in town that is well known, you can get by with a lot of criminal activity, in some cases murder.

I can't believe they're letting this guy out of jail, but keeping people caught with a little weed locked up. Way to go Ohio.

 

[margarita25]

Ugggghh they let him out?!!!! What happened to 7 years?

 

[JerseyGirl]

- A southern Ohio man pleaded no contest to felonious assault after kidnapping his neighbor and placing her in a pit in his backyard, court documents say.

Dennis Dunn was sentenced in 2019 to seven years in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping Jennifer Elliott.

He was released in 2021 after Clinton County Common Pleas judge ordered a new trial for Dunn

Southern Ohio man found guilty after kidnapping neighbor, putting her in backyard pit

 

[Betty P]

- A southern Ohio man pleaded no contest to felonious assault after kidnapping his neighbor and placing her in a pit in his backyard, court documents say.

Dennis Dunn was sentenced in 2019 to seven years in prison after being found guilty of kidnapping Jennifer Elliott.

He was released in 2021 after Clinton County Common Pleas judge ordered a new trial for Dunn

Southern Ohio man found guilty after kidnapping neighbor, putting her in backyard pit

So they released him from jail and only found him guilty of felonious assault. The penalty for that is probably minor. This guy is dangerous, JMO

The pit, which was three-and-a-half feet deep and two feet wide, was covered by a wooden board that was held down by heavy objects.

Dunn said he thought he was rescuing Elliott from her family.

He said he believed she was forced to take part in prostitution and that her family was part of a satanic cult.
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Kind of reminds me of the guys in Lebanon, MO who preyed on women with addiction problems. They ended up putting one in a cage, then killed and butchered her.

 

[wendybtn]

Sounds like the guilty party had some delusions at the time, too. Temporarily induced or permanently on-going? I wouldn't want to be the next neighbor to figure it out.

 

[Betty P]

Sounds like the guilty party had some delusions at the time, too. Temporarily induced or permanently on-going? I wouldn't want to be the next neighbor to figure it out.

JMO, it sounds more like a bogus excuse that the prosecutor and judge somehow believed. Or didn't care. As with the women near Lebanon, MO, there were many incidents brought to the attention of LE that went ignored.

JMO, sometimes the local criminal justice system thinks women addicts are to blame for their own situations. They don't see them as victims and view them as "dispensable". Kind of like, "Oh well, they're addicts. If not dying from torture and abuse, they would have died of an overdose, so...". JMO