Fugitive's arrest leads to body being found in east Columbus basement
Jan 16, 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- A fugitive’s arrest on the east side of Columbus led to law enforcement finding a body in a basement Thursday.
According to the U.S. Marshals office, Darrell Carter Jr., 33, was arrested for a warrant out of Stark County for failure to appear in court for an assault charge.
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Members of the Marshals’ Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team (SOFAST) found and arrested Carter at a home on the 5900 block of Levi Kramer Boulevard near Canal Winchester. While searching the home, task force members found a woman’s body in the home’s basement.
"When our team apprehended him, he said that he... he was being pretty cooperative but identified that there was a female dead in his basement,” U.S. Marshal for the Southern District of Ohio Michael Black said.
The woman’s identity is not known at this time and police are investigating.
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Black said he is confident law enforcement officials will determine the woman’s identity and cause of death.
There is no indication right now if Carter was involved in the woman’s death.