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$2M bond for 1 of 2 men charged in elderly couple’s slayings

This undated photo provided by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office shows Jeffery Stewart. Stewart, 21, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, and charged with murder in the slayings of Doyle Chumney, 88, and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian. They were reported missing Jan. 21 from their home in Strasburg, Ohio. Authorities have said Stewart made incriminating statements and implicated Robert Clark in the abductions and killings. (AP Photo/Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office) This undated photo provided by the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office shows Jeffery Stewart. Stewart, 21, was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, and charged with murder in the slayings of Doyle Chumney, 88, and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian. They were reported missing Jan. 21 from their home in Strasburg, Ohio. Authorities have said Stewart made incriminating statements and implicated Robert Clark in the abductions and killings. (AP Photo/Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office)

By Associated Press February 2, 2015 1 min read

COSHOCTON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio judge has set a $2 million bond for one of the men charged in the abduction and slaying of an elderly couple found inside their burned-out car last month.

Twenty-one-year-old Jeffery Stewart was charged with one count of murder in the deaths of 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian, of Strasburg. The couple’s remains were found Jan. 22 in their torched car along a country road in Coshocton County.

Family members reported the Chumneys missing the day before. A second suspect remains at large and is also wanted in connection with armed robberies in three states over the weekend.

A Coshocton County prosecutor said Monday that evidence against Stewart will be presented to a grand jury. Stewart was arrested Saturday and doesn’t have an attorney.