According to court records, police say Lay confessed to killing Amy Risner on Tuesday. Mattox did “purposely cause the death” of the 32-year-old, according to the complaint signed by Detective Aaron Ledford.
Credit: BUTLER COUNTY JAIL
Credit: BUTLER COUNTY JAIL
Lay, of Mason-Montgomery Road in Mason, and Mattox, of Edgewood Drive, in Trenton, both had bonds of $1 million set during video arraignments on Thursday. Their preliminary hearings were set for 1 p.m. Wednesday.
Police were called shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday on a report of an unresponsive person in the 100 block of Anne Road in Monroe. Risner was pronounced dead at the scene, and her death was ruled a homicide Wednesday by the Butler County Coroner’s Office.
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