Stewart Sentenced in Slaying

A 22-year-old old Ohio man who authorities said took part in the kidnapping and killing of an elderly couple has been sentenced. 

Coshocton County Court Records show that Jeffrey Stewart, of  New Philadelphia, plead guilty to  two counts of aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, aggravated robbery and two counts of kidnapping along with an aggravated arson charge.

He was sentenced by Judge Robert Batchelor to 50 years in prison. He also must register as an arson offender.

Police reported that Stewart and Robert Clark took 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife Lillian from their home in Strasburg in January of 2015 and drove them to a rural road in Coshocton county where Clark shot the couple and set the car on fire.

Clark received life without parole after pleading guilty to aggravated murder charges in September.