HAMILTON, Ohio — New charges have been added for a man already facing an aggravated murder charge in Hamilton in March.
Police Chief Craig Bucheit said officers believe that two days before Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez, 46, was arrested on April 2 on other charges, he committed the homicide.
Officers received a call about a dead body in the 1100 block of South 13th Street on April 1. The chief said investigators have been working this case since then, and, “It just so happens we ran into him and had an encounter with him. Unbeknownst to us he had committed this murder.”
After the body of the unidentified person was discovered on April 1, investigators interviewed Garcia-Gutierrez on April 2.
On Wednesday, July 10, the prosecutor for this case, Craig Chadrick, told us after looking at the "underlying facts of the case" new charges were added. Following the case being sent to a grand jury, the new charges include:
- Kidnapping
- Two counts of felonious assault
- Two counts of murder
- Grand theft
- Theft
- Petty theft
Garcia-Gutierrez was an example used by Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones in his press conference expressing his frustrations with the Biden Administration’s immigration enforcement and border policies. On March 29, the sheriff said Garcia-Gutierrez was arrested for carrying a concealed weapon, having a weapon while intoxicated and obstruction, and he was detained on an ICE holder. Jones said Garcia-Gutierrez had also been to prison three times and deported seven times.
Before the aggravated murder charge, Garcia-Gutierrez had been facing two years and seven months in prison. With the aggravated murder charge, he could face a 30-year prison sentence or death.
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