State v. Tinch

Walsh, Judge.

In the early morning hours on August 10, 1990, the body of Phyllis Elam was discovered in a remote, wooded area in Warren County, Ohio. An autopsy conducted around noontime revealed she had bled to death from multiple stab and incised wounds. According to the coroner who conducted the autopsy, Elam had been dead for approximately twelve to eighteen hours, possibly a little longer, at the time of the autopsy.

Elam and defendant-appellant, Warren V. Tinch, met in December 1987 when Elam’s son purchased an automobile at a Fairfield, Ohio dealership where appellant worked as a…