Greenville woman found guilty of abuse of corpse in body found in shallow grave

Fletcher remains held in the Darke County Jail.

A warrant was issued for Fletcher and Dean Baker, 35, of Greenville after the body of 30-year-old Corey Fleming was found Aug. 20, 2022, in a shallow grave at a commercial poultry operation in Brown Twp., according to authorities.

Fleming had been reported missing two days before by his family in Union City. The same day, a person reached out to the Greenville Police Department with information about Fleming.

Greenville police said that they found a handgun and ammunition while searching Fletcher’s home the same day his body was found. Both gun and ammunition were in a plastic tote with personal items believed to belong to Fletcher, police said.

A “be on the look out,” or BOLO, was issued for multiple states for the pair, and they were both arrested Aug. 24, 2022, at a truck stop near Ocala, Florida.

Baker’s case was moved to Clark County Common Pleas Court, where he was found guilty June 9 after an eight-day jury trial of murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.

Judge Douglas Rastatter immediately sentenced Baker to 15 years to life for murder plus a three-year firearm specification, three years for tampering with evidence plus one year for abuse of a corpse, to be served consecutively, according to sentencing documents filed June 16.