Butler County Grand Jury Returns Indictments For November Double Murder In Roundhill

The Butler County Grand Jury issued Indictments for four subjects in connection to the double murder that occurred on November 9, 2016 on Region-Reedyville Road in rural Butler County where two bodies were discovered in a burnt vehicle.
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Charles W. “Cotton” Lindsey (33) of Roundhill was indicted and remains in the Butler County Jail where he is charged with:

• Murder (2 counts)
• Arson 1st Degree
• Tampering With Physical Evidence

Arlexis D. Kawai (22) of Bowling Green was indicted and remains in the Warren County Regional Jail where he is charged with:

• Complicity to Murder (2 counts)
• Facilitation to Murder(2 counts)
• Complicity to Arson 1st Degree
• Facilitation to Arson 1st Degree
• Tampering With Physical Evidence
• Persistent Felony Offender 1st Degree

Helen L. Rone (21) of Roundhill was indicted and remains in the Butler County Jail where she is charged with:

• Complicity to Murder (2 counts)
• Facilitation to Murder (2 counts)
• Complicity to Arson 1st Degree
• Facilitation to Arson 1st Degree
• Tampering With Physical Evidence

Kayla D. Ford (27) of Edmonton was indicted, arrested by the Bowling Green Police Department, and lodged in the Warren County Regional Jail where she is charged with:

• Complicity to Murder (2 counts)
• Facilitation to Murder (2 counts)
• Complicity to Arson 1st Degree
• Facilitation to Arson 1st Degree
• Tampering With Physical Evidence

The investigation is still ongoing and being led by Detective Graham Rutherford and is pending trial in Butler County Circuit Court.

​An indictment is only a formal charge and is not an admission of guilt. All parties are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

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