COLUMBUS, Ohio – Authorities are offering a $5,000 reward for information about the 2010 murder of a Chillicothe greenhouse owner at his home in Hocking County,
The death of Robert “Mike” Yoder (above) is one of 1,305 unsolved homicide cases submitted by local authorities to a statewide database created as part of Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Ohio Unsolved Homicides Initiative, DeWine’s office said.
Yoder, 56, was found dead from massive blunt force trauma to the head outside of his home on Wolfe Road on the morning of April 11, 2010, Hocking County Sheriff’s Office detectives said.
Yoder owned The Potting Shed greenhouse on Pleasant Valley Road in Chillicothe, as well as rental units in Ross County.
Investigators believe burglary or theft was the motive.
DeWine’s Unsolved Homicides Initiative was developed last in an effort to create a statewide database of the approximately 5,000 unsolved killings in the state, DeWine’s office said.
Anyone with any information about the death of Robert Yoder should contact the Hocking County Sheriff’s Office at 740-385-2131.
Anonymous tips can also be made through the sheriff’s website.
Those with information on this or any other unsolved homicide can also contact the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation at 855-BCI-OHIO or submit a tip through the Ohio Attorney General’s website.