Man indicted in Noble County murder case

CALDWELL, Ohio –A Washington County man has been indicted in connection with a 26-year-old Noble County murder case.

Ohio Attorney General Mike Dewine announced Tuesday  that 56-year-old Randy Slider has been charged with three counts of aggravated murder and one count of murder for the death of Patsy Sparks.

Authorities say Sparks was last seen in Parkersburg, West Virginia on April 22, 1992, when Slider offered her a ride to a bar in Marietta.

She was missing until hunters discovered her remains in a wooded area in Noble County in 1994.

Slider, formerly of Marietta, is currently serving a 40-year prison term on separate kidnapping, robbery, and sexual assault charges in Clermont and Hamilton counties.