SOFAST officers nab suspect in Avondale who is charged with slaying pregnant Wright State grad.
Staff Report
Updated 5:14 AM Saturday, February 13, 2010
HAMILTON — The former live-in boyfriend of Fairfield attorney Margaret “Missy” Allen was arrested hours after he was indicted in Butler County in connection with Allen’s July 2008 death.
Calvin Shawntye McKelton, 32, known by the street name “C-Murder,” was booked at 1:36 a.m. today, Feb. 13, into the Butler County Jail. He is being held without bond on 11 felony counts: aggravated murder, murder, aggravated arson, aggravated robbery, abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, intimidation, two counts of felonious assault and two counts of domestic violence.
McKelton was arrested early Friday evening in Avondale during a traffic stop initiated by the Southern Ohio Fugitive Apprehension Strike Team, according to the U.S. Marshals Service.
Deputy U.S. Marshals and task force officers conducted surveillance at multiple locations in Avondale after receiving information McKelton would be in the area. SOFAST stopped his vehicle after he was seen driving on Reading Road near Forest Avenue. He was arrested without incident and initially taken to the Hamilton County Justice Center, according to marshals.
Allen’s body was found July 27, 2008, in a wooded area of Schmidt Field Park in Cincinnati. The Hamilton County Coroner’s Office ruled the 37-year-old defense attorney who practiced in Cincinnati died of asphyxiation by strangulation.
Allen was last seen July 24, 2008, by her childhood friend and law partner Rodney Harris, three days before her body was found in a decomposed state. Hamilton County Coroner Dr. O’Dell Owens said he relied on dental records, tattoos and surgical scars to determine the body’s identity.
Fairfield police say they believe Allen, who was pregnant, was killed in Fairfield but would not say where nor would they disclose details surrounding her death.
McKelton’s attorney in August 2008 said his client — who had a lengthy criminal history that included domestic violence, felonious assault and weapons charges — was a lead suspect in the strangulation death of his girlfriend and that he had been requested to submit fingerprint and genetic evidence. Butler County Prosecutor Robin Piper confirmed there was a “primary suspect” in Allen’s homicide and that he didn’t think it would be long before an arrest was made. However, Piper at the time would not name McKelton as the suspect.
Allen graduated from Walnut Hills in 1989, Wright State University in 1993, and earned her law degree from Ohio State University in 1996. She spoke fluent Spanish and also had worked as a substitute teacher in the Fairfield City School District and as a prosecutor for the city of Woodlawn.
Nearly three months before Allen’s body was discovered, police responded to a domestic violence call at the Whitmore Lane home she owned in Fairfield.
At 8:20 p.m. May 4, 2008, Allen’s then 11-year-old niece called 911. According to the Fairfield police report, the girl believed Allen was assaulted by the man she referred to as her uncle. Police said Allen was taken to the hospital with a broken ankle. Her cousin, Greg Allen, had said she was still in a cast and using crutches at the time of her death.
McKelton’s arrest was the fourth murder suspect apprehended by SOFAST within the last three days in Southern Ohio, said Acting U.S. Marshal Cathy Jones in a released statement.
“A greater impact on community safety is made possible by the partnership with our state and local law enforcement partners,” she said.
SOFAST is a multi-jurisdictional task force comprised of the U.S. Marshals, Cincinnati Police Department, Butler County Sheriff’s Office, Ohio Adult Parole Authority, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Warren County Prosecutor’s Office, Sharonville Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
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