COLUMBUS – A 19-year-old Coshocton man has been arrested and charged with murdering two central Ohio men in one day after meeting them on the dating app Grindr.
Talent Bradley was arrested Wednesday night at his home by the Coshocton County Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team, police said.
Bradley confessed to stabbing Robert Goodrich, 62, inside Goodrich’s 600-block of Mohican Way on May 26, Westerville Division of Police Det. Justin Alloway said.
Columbus police have charged Bradley with the murder of Randy Gwirtz, 63, who police believe was murdered the same day but who was not found until June 7 in his Northeast Side home, Sgt. David Shimberg of the Columbus Homicide Unit said.
Gwirtz was found by officers who were called to the home in 1400 block of Fahlander Drive South when family members became concerned after being unable to contact Gwirtz, Shimberg said.
The Coroner’s Office has ruled that Gwirtz died as the result of a homicide, the 87th of the year in Columbus.
Bradley is believed to have connected both Goodrich and Gwirtz via the social networking and online dating app Grindr, Alloway said.
Westerville detectives connected Bradley to a red Honda Civic captured on neighborhood video cameras near the Mohican Way scene and the car was later found at Bradley’s home, Alloway said.
The Columbus po0lice also assisted in the arrest.