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Accused killer who died in jail was recieving mental health care leading up to his death Ottawa County Sheriff Stephen Levorchick says John Eichner had tried to commit suicide on May 9. He was admitted to Northwest Ohio Psychiatric Hospital for 17 days. Author: Michael Tatar (WTOL) Updated: 10:34 PM EDT June 13, 2021 PORT CLINTON, Ohio — An accused killer was found dead inside his Ottawa County jail cell on Saturday night a little over a month since making an a...

Murder suspect enters insanity plea Published by news@presspubli... on Fri, 05/07/2021 - 4:00pm John Eichner, accused of murdering his wife and burying her body, has pled not guilty by reason of insanity to all charges in a 28-count indictment issued April 30 by the Ottawa County Grand Jury. The plea and request for an evaluation was submitted Wednesday by Eichner’s attorney, Esteban Callejas, Bowling Green. Eichner, 43, of Genoa, was arrested after p...

PORT CLINTON - John Eichner, the Genoa man accused of murdering his wife and burying her body in a friends backyard, pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity on Wednesday.  Eichner, 43, was indicted late last week on 28 felony charges stemming from  Amber Eichners death, including one count of aggravated murder, another count of murder, one count of abuse of a corpse, 11 counts of tampering with evidence, 10 counts of possession of criminal tools, and four counts of money laundering.  Eic...

Updated: 10:54 PM EDT May 1, 2021 GENOA, Ohio — Over two dozen family and friends came together at Veterans Memorial Park in Genoa to remember the life of Amber Eichner Saturday. Those who knew her best say she was a great mother and a "kind soul." "When she was little, she was goofy and weird," Ambers cousin Amanda Kimbrell said. Her niece, Jersiee Wood, says shes going to miss her aunt, who was always there for the family. "Loving, caring, nice, I could go on forever," said ...

By Inside Edition Staff First Published: 10:03 AM PDT, April 30, 2021 Her estranged husband, John Eichner, was arrested on Tuesday on a warrant by the Ottawa County Sheriffs Office, online jail records show. The body of an Ohio mother who went missing this month is believed to have been found buried in a backyard and her estranged husband has now been charged with her murder, according to authorities. Her body has not been positively identified yet by authorities. Her body has not been positi...

Officials say on April 23, a report was received that John Eichner was missing and the couples four children had been abandoned by John in Tennessee. That same day, Eichners cell phone pinged a tower in Cleveland, Tennessee, at 1:45 p.m. and on a tower west of Cleveland, Tennessee, at 3:30 p.m.  Amber had custody of the children. Police say when John dropped the children off at a relatives house in Tennessee, he had them get out of the car with six bags of clothes and left. John was missing un...

Small town Genoa experiences tragedy Amber Eichner was killed, her husband John Eichner charged with murder.

Arraignment set for murder suspect Published by news@presspubli... on Wed, 04/28/2021 - 4:56pm By:  Larry Limpf An arraignment hearing for a Genoa man charged with murder, tampering with evidence and endangering children is scheduled for Friday, April 30 in Ottawa County Municipal Court. John Eichner, 43, was taken into custody April 27 after investigators uncovered a body buried in Toledo believed to be Eichner’s wife, Amber. James VanEerten, count...

Police Believe Theyve Found Missing Ohio Mom, Alleging Estranged Husband Killed and Buried Her People 4/29/2021 © Provided by People Facebook Amber Eichner Amber Eichners four daughters were everything to her, so when the 34-year-old Ohio mom went missing on April 14 without her girls, her loved ones became worried like never before. © Facebook Amber Eichner "Family means too much to her for her to do something like this," Eichners sister, Brittany Stiles told WTOL 11. "So we feel like ...

GENOA - A Genoa man has been charged with murdering his wife and abandoning the couples four children in Tennessee. John Eichner, 43, is accused by police of having murdered his wife, Amber Eichner, who was reported missing on Friday, according to a news release issued Wednesday morning by Ottawa County Prosecutor James VanEerten. Police said they received a tip from a friend of Eichner that he had asked and been granted permission to bury his deceased dog on the friends property. Police con...