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By Denise G. Callahan, Staff Writer Updated 10:23 AM Friday, March 26, 2010

HAMILTON TWP. — A German interpreter showed up in court today, postponing the court appearance for a Russian immigrant expected to plead guilty to abuse of a corpse.

Ermek Abdiladaev, 40, who speaks Russian, is charged with gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence in the death of another Russia man whose remains were found in September 2007 in Hamilton Twp.

Common Pleas Judge James Flannery postponed Abdiladaev’s court appearance so that a Russian interpreter could be brought in. No date was scheduled.

Flannery ruled March 12 that statements Abdiladaev made to police during their investigation could be used by the prosecution in trial.

Defense attorney Charlie Rittgers said his client has no choice but to plead guilty, since Abdiladaev admitted his part in the slaying of Russian immigrant Aleksander Alferov, whose remains were found by tree trimmers near a small shack in a wooden area on U.S. 22/Ohio 3.

Flannery ruled on the suppression motion, finding that Abdiladaev understood his Miranda rights when he spoke to Hamilton Twp. police in Gurnee, Ill., last year.

“In this particular case his defense was that motion (to suppress),” Rittgers said. “He could try the case, but there wouldn’t be any guess as to the outcome. A logical consequence of that plea will be deportation.”

Abdiladaev, 40, of Gurnee, Ill., was charged with the two felonies Nov. 10 and remains in jail on a $50,000 bond. He could be deported if he pleads guilty.

Alferov was apparently beaten to death in the fall 2000, officials said, but his body was not identified until September 2009. Police don’t think Abdiladaev killed Alferov, but was involved in the incident in some way.

Prior to his disappearance in 2000, Alferov lived in the Cincinnati neighborhood of Roselawn and operated his own cleaning business in that city. Because his remains were so badly decomposed, police used dental records and tracked down relatives who live in Russia to obtain the DNA samples that were used to verify his identity.

Police said they believe they know who killed Alferov, but have not found the suspect.

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