Staff Report
A Quaker City man has been arrested for a 1986 homicide that occurred in Texas, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost and Guernsey County Sheriff Jeffrey D. Paden said in a press release.
Mark Gatten, 57, became a suspect in a cold case investigation initiated by the Texas Rangers, a division within that state’s Department of Public Safety. In March, the Rangers reviewed the 1986 death of 56-year-old Charles Robert Hardin, which occurred near Canyon Lake, Texas. Evidence in the case led investigators to Gatten and a second suspect, Tracey Loy, 56, of St. George, Utah.
“The combination of modern forensic technology and old-fashioned detective work can solve cold cases, even when there are many years and miles separating the culprits and their crimes,” Yost said. “BCI is proud to partner with law enforcement within Ohio and beyond.”
Conneaut man accused of raping, murdering girlfriendâs daughter in 2017, now charged in 2004 rape
Hearing for Conneaut man accused of raping, murdering girlfriendâs daughter in 2017 By Julia Bingel | December 17, 2020 at 3:02 PM EST - Updated December 17 at 3:02 PM
ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - The Conneaut man accused of raping and murdering his girlfriendâs 13-month-old daughter in 2017 is now charged in a rape from 2004.
The Ashtabula County Grand Jury indicted Joshua Gurto, 41, Wednesday on two counts of aggravated burglary, one count of rape and one count of felonious assault for the July 2004 attack.
Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said a recent review of the rape by Conneaut police and the Bureau of Criminal Investigationâs Cold Case Unit led to the resubmission of evidence.