County prosecutor to provide update on man accused of shooting 4 people in Butler Twp. – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio | Media Pyro

DAYTON – The Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office is expected to provide an update on the case against the man accused of shooting and killing four people in Butler Twp. At the beginning of this year.

Stephen Marlowe, 39, was previously charged in Vandalia Municipal Court with 12 counts of murder, eight counts of robbery, one count of tampering with evidence and one count of aggravated assault with a weapon.

Prosecutor Matt Heck Jr. is scheduled to give an update on the case against Marlowe Thursday at 1:30 p.m.

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Marlowe is accused of fatally shooting Clyde, Eva Knox, Sarah and Kayla Anderson at two homes on Hardwick Place on Aug. 5.

On August 5, Marlow walked into an open garage at 7120 Hardwick Place and shot Sarah Anderson once. He then went into the detached garage at 7124 Hardwick Place and shot Clyde and Eva Knox multiple times, court documents say.

After a nationwide manhunt, he was taken into custody by police in Lawrence, Kansas, 24 hours after the shooting.

When searching Marlowe’s possessions after the shooting, investigators found a computer and a document talking about conspiracy theories. According to the affidavit and statement of facts, the documents indicated that Marlow believed that almost all of his neighbors were “sleeper cell terrorists.”

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In an amended complaint against Marlowe, a detective revealed that Marlowe owned a storage unit on North Dixie Drive.

“Surveillance video shows Stephen entered the property at 11:12 a.m. on the day of the incident; He came out at 11:27; minutes before the murder,” the affidavit and statement of facts said.

When detectives executed a search warrant on the storage unit, they found an empty soft gun case that usually holds an AR-15 style rifle, a handgun, rifle ammunition and some writings about the war.

Marlowe was not allowed to own a firearm because of his prior conviction, but he told FBI officers who interviewed him that he “willfully bypassed that by going to Kentucky and meeting with a private seller to buy firearms.”

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He admitted to buying the gun “to carry out his attack,” the affidavit said.

A detective wrote that when Marlowe was being transported back to Ohio from Kansas, he said the killings were an act of self-defense to protect and “expose” his family.

After being brought back to Ohio, Marlowe was held in the Montgomery County Jail on $10 million bond.

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