- Randy McAllister, a 62-year-old Ohio man, has been arrested and charged with murder and aggravated murder in connection with a 40-year-old cold case.
- McAllister is accused of killing traveling salesman John Warren, who was found strangled in his Middletown, Ohio, hotel room in October 1985.
- The case saw a breakthrough after detectives from the Warren County Sheriff’s Office reinvestigated in 2019, submitting crime-scene items for new lab analysis.
- Lab results identified McAllister and a now-deceased accomplice as potential suspects, leading to further investigation by authorities.
- McAllister was indicted by a grand jury, booked into the Warren County Jail on July 1, and is scheduled for an arraignment on July 7.
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