Urbana man indicted for murder, gross abuse of a corpse in mother’s death

Credit: DaytonDailyNews

A 29-year-old Urbana man was indicted Monday in the death of his mother.

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Robert James “Jamie” Stevenson was arrested Friday at the home in the 600 block of Lionel Drive where he lived with his mother, 66-year-old Pamela Combs.

She was found deceased earlier that day when police responded to a welfare check at the home.

Stevenson was indicted for aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, gross abuse of a corpse and aggravated menacing, according to a release from Champaign County Prosecutor Kevin S. Talebi.

Stevenson will be arraigned Tuesday in Champaign County Common Pleas Court.

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