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The Blanchester man convicted of kidnapping his neighbor and holding her in a grave-like pit has been released from prison as he awaits a new trial.
Dennis Dunn was found guilty of kidnapping Jennifer Elliott and sentenced in 2019 to seven years in prison by Judge Tim Rudduck. Now, that same judge is granting Dunn a new trial.
Joe Medici, deputy director of Trial Services for the Ohio Public Defender, stated in their post-conviction petition, that Dunn s trial attorney failed to investigate or properly use evidence that showed his innocence. We presented that evidence to the court during a hearing in February and ultimately, the court agreed that Mr. Dunn was entitled to a new trial, Medici said.
Man convicted of kidnapping neighbor, holding her captive in shed granted a new trial Share Updated: 6:16 PM EDT May 13, 2021 Share Updated: 6:16 PM EDT May 13, 2021
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Show Transcript DON’S HOME. DUNN’S HOME. NO LONGER A STATE PRISON INMATE. IT IS TERRIFYING TO BE HONEST. THE SAME JUDGE WHO CONVICTED HIM OF KIDNAPPING AND ABDUCTION HAS RULED THAT HIS CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WERE VIOLATED AT TRIAL BECAUSE HE HAD INEFFECTIVE COUNSEL. THE JUDGE ORDERED A NEW TRIAL AND RELEASED HIM FROM PRISON, THAT DECISION NOT SITTING WELL WITH NEIGHBORS WHO LIVE ON BLANCHESTER CENTRAL AVENUE AS HE STILL OWNS THIS HOME. MY CONCERN IS THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE AND THE KIDS WHO RUN ON THE STREET, THEY PLAY, THEY ARE ALWAYS OUTSIDE. THERE ARE AT LEAST 15 KIDS A DAY ON THE STREET. THIS IS VIDEO FROM HIS ARREST IN APRIL OF 2017. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE KIDNAPPED HIS NEIGHBOR JENNIFER ELLIOTT AND HELD HER CAPTIVE IN A PIT INSIDE A SHED IN HIS BACKYA