ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – A White Pigeon man has been found guilty of intentionally hitting and killing a woman with his vehicle, then hiding her body in the woods back in 2021.
The defendant, Colby Martin was found guilty on Wednesday, June 14 of first-degree murder, concealing the death of an individual and failure to stop at the scene of a crash when at fault causing death.
According to authorities, Martin admitted in an interrogation video to hitting and killing 64-year-old Melody Rohrer, then hiding her body on Purgatory Road in St. Joseph County. He was found guilty on all three counts following 1 1/2 hours of deliberations by the jury who declared Martin guilty of first-degree premeditated murder.
He was initially charged with vehicular manslaughter, but then a murder charge was added in February of 2022.
Rohrer,who was from the Decatur area, went missing on September 20, 2021, while taking a walk on County Road 215 near Territorial Road in Hamilton Township. Martin was arrested the next day and told investigators where they could find her body.
Sentencing for Martin is scheduled for July 31. He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
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