By Joseph Slacian
jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com
A request by an attorney for Corey Kelch to receive bond was denied on Wednesday, May 16, by Wabash Circuit Court Judge Robert McCallen III.
Kelch, 22, Marion, was denied bond during an initial hearing May 7 on charges of felony murder and robbery, a Level 2 felony, in connection with the death of a LaFontaine man.
One of Kelch’s attorneys, Scott Lennox, requested bond be set for his client.
Kelch and Kaleb Marin, 21, Marion, are suspects in the death of Jordon Richards, 22, LaFontaine.
Richards’ body was found in his home by a caregiver about 9:30 a.m. on April 25. Richards was left paraplegic by an accident in 2017. Items, including cash and guns, were reportedly missing from the home.
Four days after Richards’ death, Marin was killed along with two other individuals in an automobile accident in rural LaFontaine.
One of the stolen guns from Richards’ home was found inside the car in which Marin was a passenger, according to the Indiana State Police.
Text messages between Marin and Kelch implicate Kelch in the incident, according to paperwork filed with the court.
Kelch was arrested on May 4 in a Marion home and has been in the Wabash County Jail since then.
A trial for Kelch was set for 9 a.m. Aug. 21-22 in Wabash Circuit Court.