Denny Obermiller was sentenced to death by the State of Ohio for the murder of his grandparents. According to court documents Denny Obermiller would sexually assault and murder his Grandmother and murder his Grandfather. The victims. Candace Schneider, 61 and Donald Schneider, 60. were found four days after their murders. Denny Obermiller would be arrested, convicted and sentenced to death.
Denny Obermiller 2021 Information
Number A600936
DOB 02/11/1982
Gender Male Race White
Admission Date 03/18/2011
Institution Chillicothe Correctional Institution
Status INCARCERATED
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An ex-convict has been sentenced to death in Ohio for killing his grandfather and raping and killing his grandmother.
A three-judge panel in Cleveland handed down the sentence Friday against 29-year-old Denny Obermiller. He had pleaded guilty to 17 counts including aggravated murder, kidnapping and rape.
Sixty-year-old Donald Schneider and 61-year-old Candace Schneider of Maple Heights were found strangled in their home in August. Days earlier they had reported a coin theft and suspected Obermiller.
Obermiller went to live with them in 2009 after serving a nine-year prison term for assault and kidnapping.
A message seeking comment was left for a member of Obermiller’s defense team.
Death sentences are automatically appealed to the Ohio Supreme Court.