Associated Press
CLEVELAND — An ex-convict has been sentenced to death in Ohio for killing his grandfather and raping and killing his grandmother.
A three-judge panel in Cleveland handed down the sentence Friday against 29-year-old Denny Obermiller. He had pleaded guilty to 17 counts including aggravated murder, kidnapping and rape.
Sixty-year-old Donald Schneider and 61-year-old Candace Schneider of Maple Heights were found strangled in their home in August. Days earlier they had reported a coin theft and suspected Obermiller.
Obermiller went to live with them in 2009 after serving a nine-year prison term for assault and kidnapping.
A message seeking comment was left for a member of Obermiller’s defense team.
Death sentences are automatically appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.