Police believe the man accused of killing a Lexington dermatologist was the person caught on surveillance video approaching the doctor’s van the night she died, according to a detective’s testimony Tuesday.
Marty Lee Roe, 62, was charged with murder in the death of Dr. Martha Post, 55, who was shot outside her Huguenard Drive office while she was in her van preparing to leave. She was pronounced dead at 8:25 p.m. on Sept. 1 after she was found in her van in the road.
Roe’s case was waived to the grand jury Tuesday in a Fayette County court hearing that also revealed a few more details about the case.
Detective Bill Brislin testified police had obtained surveillance video from a day-care center near Post’s practice. The recording showing a man approach the driver’s side of Post’s van before the van reversed out of a parking space. Police believe the man was Roe, Brislin said.
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However, bushes blocked a clear view of what occurred once the man got to the van.
Roe was arrested at a bar in Lakeview, Ohio, on an outstanding warrant for harassing communications stemming from phone calls he made to Post, according to an arrest warrant. He was later charged with murder and tampering with evidence after police interviewed him and found a gun and bullets in the engine compartment of his van.
The gun was wrapped in a plastic bag in the van, hidden behind the battery in the engine compartment, Brislin said. In addition to the bullets, police found multiple cell phones. Forensic testing was pending on the guns and bullets.
Roe fought extradition to Fayette County.
