COLUMBUS – As police continue to search for a second suspect in a multiple murder, the Franklin County prosecutor says he wants the teenager already behind bars for the crime tried as an adult.
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Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien says motions are being filed to have Jordyn Wade tried as an adult in the murders of two men and two women whose bodies were found inside a home on E. Hudson Street Saturday morning by Columbus police officers who went to the home is response to a report of a female with blood on her.
The 16-year-old’s attorney, Eric Hoffman, said the move was expected. Hoffman entered the juvenile court equivalent of a not-guilty plea Monday.
Police continued to search for a second suspect in the apparently drug-related murders but they remained tightlipped, revealing little about Wade, who didn’t appear in Franklin County Juvenile Court on Monday.
Officers found a teenage girl injured outside the home and then discovered the four dead inside.
The girl was treated at Grant Medical Center and released.
Franklin County prosecutors asked that his case be transferred to adult court. A hearing on that question is set for Wednesday, but will be rescheduled for a later date, Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said. In the meantime, Wade will remain in custody at the Franklin County juvenile detention facility.
Wade has been charged with four delinquency courts of murder and five delinquency counts of kidnapping. He is accused of killing Michael A. Ballour, 41; Daniel Sharp, 36; Angela D. Harrison, 35; and Tyajah Nelson, 18, at 1623 E. Hudson St. in Linden early Saturday morning.
The name of the teen who survived the shooting has not been released by Columbus police but she is believed one of Nelson’s relatives. A 911 caller said she was bleeding at the neck.
Sgt. Dave Sicilian said investigators are trying to develop leads on the second suspect. He said police “have a good theory” about the relationships were among the victims but don’t want to release that information until the second suspect is caught.
Dr. Anahi Ortiz, Franklin County coroner, said on Monday morning that the deaths are drug-related. The victims died from gunshot wounds but the times of death had not been determined, she said.