COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Police records show one of four men found slain at their homes in a small Ohio city had sought help two days earlier for the man now charged in the killings.
Billy Jack Chatman told Bucyrus police two days before he was found dead that he had called an ambulance for Donald Hoffman (above) against Hoffman’s wishes after the man collapsed on his floor.
Records obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request show Hoffman had entered Chatman’s house Aug. 30 bloody and reeking of alcohol, the apparent victim of an assault.
The bodies of Chatman and another man were found Sept. 1. Two other bodies were found the next day.
Hoffman has been indicted on charges including aggravated murder and robbery. His arraignment is scheduled for Monday.