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Update: Parents Charged With Murder in Scioto County

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UPDATE (JUNE 14, 2019): 

Daniel and Jessica Groves, parents of the baby whose body was found in a well, are now facing several more charges.

Daniel Groves
Jessica Groves

According to a press release, The Scioto County Grand Jury indicted the pair for Aggravated Murder, Murder, Kidnapping, Endangering Children, Tampering with Evidence, Interference with Custody, Gross Abuse of a Corpse, and (4) four counts of Felonious Assault.

Authorities are still looking for help with this investigation and are asking anyone with any information regarding this case to contact Detective Jodi Conkel at 740-351-1091. All calls will remain anonymous.


OTWAY, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in Ohio say the body of a 4-month-old boy has been found in a well and his parents have been arrested on charges including kidnapping and abduction.

Scioto County Sheriff Marty Donini said in a news release that Dylan Groves was found Wednesday in a well about 30 feet deep in Otway. No cause of death has been released.

Donini said Dylan was removed from his parents’ custody when he was born with drugs in his system but later returned to his father.

Donini said the father, 41-year-old Daniel Groves, started missing court dates and doctor appointments for the child and he and 39-year-old Jessica Groves were arrested Monday at their Otway residence. Court records don’t show attorneys for them.

Donini says the investigation is continuing.