Photo: Summit County Jail
Officers with the New Franklin Police Department arrested Erica Stefanko on Monday, close to eight years after police say she allegedly placed a fake Domino’s Pizza order to coax Biggs, 25, towards a secluded New Franklin business, where she was killed, News 5 Clevelandreports.
Ashley Biggs.Facebook
Cobb later stuffed Biggs’ body in the backseat of her car and abandoned the vehicle in a cornfield in Chippewa Township, which is located in Wayne County, Ohio, police say.
In 2013, Cobb was convicted but avoided the death penalty in a plea deal. He is currently serving life in prison without parole, according to News 5 Cleveland.
Investigators believe at the time of the gruesome murder, Biggs and Cobb were having an ongoing custody battle over their then-six-year-old daughter. The former pair were never married.
Chad Cobb.Summit County Sheriff’s Office
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A Summit County Grand Jury recently indicted Stefanko for multiple charges after investigators obtained new information about the horrifying case.
Stefanko, a mother of five who has since remarried, was taken into custody on Monday morning after her children left for school during a routine traffic stop, according to WKYC.
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She is now facing 12 charges, including aggravated murder, murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, gross abuse of a corpse, felonious assault, retaliation, tampering with evidence, grand theft of a motor vehicle and possession of criminal tools, News 5 Cleveland reports.
At this time, it is not clear if Stefanko has obtained legal representation yet.
A spokesperson for the New Franklin Police Department did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
source: people.com
