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1985 cold case murder of John Warren solved after Randy McCallister charged
New York Post • • nation
Key Points:
- Randy McAllister has been indicted for the 1985 murder of traveling salesman John Warren, whose case went cold for 41 years before new evidence linked McAllister to the crime.
- Warren was found dead in a Middletown, Ohio hotel room, with some belongings and his car missing; stolen items were later found behind a Cracker Barrel in Georgia, and the car was recovered in Florida.
- Initial suspects were cleared after lie detector tests, but the case was reopened in 2019, leading to new forensic analysis that implicated McAllister and a now-deceased accomplice.
- The Warren County Prosecutor praised the persistence of investigators over the past five years, which culminated in sufficient evidence for a grand jury to indict McAllister on aggravated murder charges.
- McAllister is currently held in Warren County Jail and is scheduled for arraignment soon, though specific evidence details have not been publicly disclosed.
