- Gerald Olin Finley of Deerfield Twp. was indicted for aggravated murder and two counts each of murder and felonious assault, according to a Warren County grand jury report released Monday.
- The charges are in connection to the shooting death of a woman identified as 79-year-old Emilia Vinokur by the Warren County Coroner’s Office.
- Finley initially was charged with murder and felonious assault in Mason Municipal Court.
What is he accused of?
- Finley is accused of shooting Vinokur — described by Finley as his traveling companion — in the head with a handgun inside a car the afternoon of Sept. 7. He is said to have “purposely and with prior calculation and design caused the death of another with a firearm,” according to his indictment.
- Warren County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a person with a gunshot wound around 3:15 p.m. Sunday at Deerfield Twp. Fire Station 57 in the 3000 block of West U.S. 22, after Finley drove her to the fire station. Crews attempted life-saving efforts, but Vinokur died at the scene.
- Finley was arrested following questioning by the sheriff’s office.
What happens next?
Finley is scheduled to be arraigned Monday in Warren County Common Pleas Court.
He remains held on $200,000 bond in the Warren County Jail.
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