Hamilton County District Attorney General Neal Pinkston believes he's cracked a homicide from 1989, records show.
Pinkston filed voluntary manslaughter charges Monday against Samuel E. Reeves, 49, in the decades-old robbery and stabbing of James "Richard" Layne, who was found in the La Plaza Motel on Feb. 21, 1989.
Layne checked into La Plaza for one-night on Feb. 20, 1989, according to Pinkston's cold case website. When Layne didn't check out the next morning, hotel staff checked his room and found him dead.
Public records show Reeves has a court appearance on Wednesday before Judge Tom Greenholtz.