Monday, June 22, 2009

Suspected Serial Killer Facing Another Murder Charge

CINCINNATI -- A man accused of killing three women in the Cincinnati area since 2006 has been indicted in another homicide.

As News 5 reported last month, the Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office announced Monday afternoon that Anthony Kirkland has been accused of killing Kimya Rolison.

Rolison's skeletal remains were found in North Fairmount in June 2008. Prosecutor Joe Deters said Kirkland and Rolison were acquainted prior to her death.

Kirkland is accused of killing 14-year-old Casonya "Sharee" Crawford and 45-year-old Mary Jo Newton in 2006 and 13-year-old Esme Kenney in March 2009. He is due to stand trial on those charges in October.

Kirkland has already served a prison sentence for killing Leola Douglas in 1987.

"I hope this, in some small way, gives the Rolison family some peace. Their loved one became a victim to a vicious predator. Kirkland needs to be brought to justice for these hideous acts committed against innocent victims," Deters said in a news release.

News 5 and WLWT.com will have the latest on this story later today.

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