By: Timothy Kays
Defiance County Prosecutor Morris Murray has announced that on April 29, the Defiance County Grand Jury returned a bill of indictment in the case of the March 1 murder of Larry Vogelsong, age 74, of rural Bryan.
According to Mr. Murray, Dustin M. Vogelsong, age 33 of 5704 Behnfeldt Road, Ney, was indicted for one count of aggravated murder, an unclassified felony. Vogelsong was also indicted on one count of attempted murder, a felony of the first degree; two counts of felonious assault, felonies of the second degree; two counts of kidnapping, also felonies of the second degree; one count of aggravated robbery, a felony of the first degree, and one count of cruelty to a companion animal, a felony of the fifth degree.
Authorities allege that on March 1, 2020, at his residence on Behnfeldt Road in Ney, Vogelsong did purposely, and with prior calculation and design, cause the death of his grandfather, 74-year-old Larry Vogelsong. Authorities further allege that Vogelsong also attempted to purposely cause the death of an adult female at the same location.
During the incident he caused serious physical harm to that victim, using a shovel as a deadly weapon. Authorities also allege that following the aforementioned incidents, Vogelsong then stole his grandfather’s car, and removed his two young children from the residence as he was fleeing the area. The children were later released unharmed at a location in Michigan. During the course of the incident, Vogelsong killed a pet cat.
Vogelsong is scheduled to appear for arraignment on May 13.
Timothy can be reached at tim@thevillagereporter.com
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