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Evidence found behind Cracker Barrel in Georgia helps solve 1985 cold case murder in Ohio
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Key Points:
- Ohio authorities solved the 1985 murder of John Warren, a traveling salesman found dead in a Middletown Holiday Inn, by reexamining old evidence from multiple locations, including behind a Cracker Barrel in Georgia.
- Warren's missing Oldsmobile and personal items were recovered from Georgia and Florida, but the case went cold until it was reopened in 2019, when new lab analysis identified Randy McAllister as a suspect.
- McAllister, 62, was indicted last month on murder and aggravated murder charges after a grand jury reviewed the renewed evidence; a potential accomplice was also identified but is deceased.
- Warren County Prosecutor David Fornshell emphasized the persistence of detectives over the past five years was key to advancing the case to prosecution despite initial lack of sufficient evidence.
