State v. Barker

Brogan, Judge.

{¶ 1} On the night of September 30, 2006, Shelly Turner asked her mother, Freda Ann Howard, to watch her two young sons while she went with Harold Barker, her flaneé, to Shag’s Bar for a drink. Her mother agreed, and Turner, taking with her only an ATM card, left. That was the last time Howard saw her daughter.

{¶ 2} Later that night, Barker returned to Howard’s home alone. He told Howard that as he and Turner were leaving Shag’s, a man drove up in a gray Grand Am and called out, “Hi, Shelly,” and Turner replied, “Hi Bill.” Turner went over to the car and began talking with…