Summer Inman’s estranged husband and father-in-law were indicted on charges yesterday in connection with the 25-year-old Logan mother’s murder and could be sentenced to death.
A Hocking County grand jury indicted William A. Inman Sr., 47, and William A. Inman II, 26, each on two counts of aggravated murder, and one count of murder, kidnapping, tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse, said Hocking County Prosecutor Laina Fetherolf in a release.
Both cases were indicted with capital specifications, meaning the men could receive the death penalty if convicted, Fetherolf said.
William Inman II pleaded not guilty during his arraignment in the Hocking County Court of Common Pleas yesterday morning.
William Inman Sr. is scheduled to be arraigned this morning.
K. Robert Toy, the attorney of William Inman Sr., did not comment on how his client will plead.
Logan police discovered the strangled body of Summer Inman in a septic drain at the Faith Tabernacle Church, 17499 Rt. 33 in Nelsonville, March 29. Summer Inman, a mother of three, was missing for nearly a week when police said she had been abducted by two men in dark clothing and forced into a vehicle driven by a woman with bleach-blonde hair.
“This is a heinous crime,” Fetherolf said. “She was missing for days, and it received a lot of attention.”
Charges for Sandra Inman, the victim’s mother-in-law, were not presented because she pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.
All three Inmans remain in Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail with $1,000,000 bonds.
Fetherolf said she feels confident in the case against William Inman Sr. and William Inman II.
“If I didn’t think that I could win,” said Fetherolf, “I wouldn’t have indicted them.”
Aggravated murder is a special felony. William Inman Sr. and William Inman II could be sentenced to death or life without parole if convicted of this charge, according to the Ohio Revised Code.
Murder is also a special felony and the men could be sentenced to 15 years to life in prison if convicted of this charge, according to the Ohio Revised Code.
Kidnapping is a first-degree felony, tampering with evidence is a third-degree felony and gross abuse of a corpse is a fifth-degree felony. The men could spend a maximum of 12 years and six months in prison and pay a maximum fine of $27,500 if convicted of all of those charges, according to the Ohio Revised Code.
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