Aug 21, 2007 5:46 pm US/Central
Second Victim Of Fugitives Identified In Kentucky
Louisville, Ky. (AP) ―
Police have identified the body of a man found strangled in his home earlier this month in Kentucky, and a couple charged with a Minnesota murder is also charged with his death.
Robert Eugene Elliott, 50, was found dead in his apartment near the city's downtown area on Aug. 6. Elliott died of asphyxiation said deputy coroner Rita Taylor.
Jeremy Brooks, 27, of Greenwood, La., and Coty Martinez, 28, of Cut Off, La., have been charged in the death of Elliott and Hugh Patrick O'Dea, 69. O'Dea's body was discovered Aug. 4.
A grand jury in Louisville charged Brooks and Martinez each with two counts of complicity to commit murder on Monday. The couple also face several other charges, including complicity to commit robbery, tampering with physical evidence and fraudulent use of a credit card.
Brooks, who sometimes uses the name Travis Allen Guntenaar, is also charged in Wright County, Minn., in the killing of Ruth Ouverson, 58, of rural Montrose, Minn. Her body was found in a bedroom closet of her home on Aug. 4.
Brooks and Martinez also face charges of attempted first-degree murder and armed robbery on June 2 in Slidell, La., where authorities say Martinez lured a man to a hotel room and Brooks nearly beat him to death with a malt liquor bottle and a tire iron.
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