Paul Bramlage, 54, of Miami Township, went missing nearly a month ago.
On Thursday, days after a missing person’s report was filed with the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the grisly details of his final minutes were revealed when his nephew confessed to violently attacking and killing him, records show.
Cory Hall, 38, said he choked his uncle with the handle of a cast iron skillet and then banged his head against a kitchen floor “until the victim showed no signs of life” on May 23, Hamilton County sheriff’s detectives wrote in a sworn statement.
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Bond was set at $500,000 when Hall appeared in court Friday morning on charges of murder and abuse of a corpse.
Hall’s defense attorney requested a $10,000 bond, but Hamilton County Municipal Court Judge Heather Russell, a former prosecutor, refused to agree to such a low amount.
The case accelerated from a missing person’s report to a murder investigation Thursday after authorities brought Hall in for questioning when he was located for unrelated traffic warrants, sheriff’s officials said.
They asked Hall about his missing uncle.
Hall confessed, describing how he drug the body out of his Wesselman Road house and placed it in the back of a pickup truck.
He drove to Dearborn, Indiana, and left the body on the side of a rural road.
Once he told detectives all these details, Hall led them to his uncle’s remains.
A motive in the attack is not clear. Michael Robison, a spokesman for the sheriff’s office, said he had no information.
The case goes to a grand jury for possible indictment July 7.
Hall has a lengthy criminal record in Hamilton County. Court records show he has been charged with domestic violence, assault, theft, disorderly conduct and unauthorized use of property.
