Boyfriend, Girlfriend Arrested In Connection With Man's Death

Victim Was Convicted Sex Offender



UPDATED: 10:50 am EDT August 8, 2005


GROVE CITY, Ohio -- Police said that they arrested a man and woman Sunday night in connection with a man's death.

Chad Wheeler, of Grove City, and his girlfriend, Shanna Ansel, of Grove City, were taken into custody outside their home, police said.

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Wheeler, 24, was charged with murdering Jerry D. Ferrell. Ansel, 21, was charged with kidnapping, police said.

Ferrell, 50, was found dead along Justus Road on Friday morning by a passing motorist, NBC 4 reported.

Police did not say how the two suspects knew Ferrell. No motive was given for the man's death.

Police said Wheeler had a long arrest record.

Ferrell was a convicted sex offender and police said they were checking into whether his criminal past might have played a part in his murder, NBC 4's Karin Hirschey reported.


(WGST- The killer was a good friend of mine.)