Amy Ross
Ross trial on murder charges moved to October
By Kristina Smith
Watchdog/Enterprise reporter
PORT CLINTON — The trial for a local man charged with storming a Carroll Township farmhouse last year and fatally shooting his estranged wife has been moved from next week to October.
Randy Ross, 48, who is being held in the Ottawa County Detention Facility, will stand trial Oct. 6 in Ottawa County Common Pleas Court.
He faces two counts each of murder, aggravated murder, aggravated burglary and one count of kidnapping, all felonies. If convicted, he could be sentenced to death.
The jury trial is expected to last two weeks, Ottawa County Prosecutor Mark Mulligan said.
Ross had initially been expected to stand trial Monday, but during a pre-trial conference this morning, his attorneys said they would need a continuance, Mulligan said.
Adrian Cimerman of Toledo, an attorney representing Ross, was not available for comment.
Ross is charged with forcing his way into the home where his estranged wife, Amy Ross, 43, had been staying with family and chasing her up the stairs and into a bedroom before fatally shooting her in the chest last March, according to law enforcement who responded to the scene.
Ross also suffered multiple gunshot wounds to his head, and law enforcement allege he turned the gun on himself in a botched suicide attempt. His injuries caused him to lose an eye, and he was hospitalized before recovering enough to be taken to jail.
A .40-caliber handgun was found at the scene.
Randy and Amy Ross had lived in the Fremont area. Amy Ross filed for divorce from Randy Ross twice, but both cases were dismissed.
Amy Ross missed two court appearances in her 2007 divorce filing, causing the case to be thrown out. She voluntarily dismissed an April 2012 filing where she cited cruelty and negligence as grounds for the divorce.
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