Fisher Murder Charge Dropped
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
As promised by Kosciusko County's prosecutor, a charge of murder was dismissed against a Millersburg man accused in the Jan. 15, 2001, death of a Milford woman.
The charge against Jason Fisher, 23, was officially dismissed Monday, just more than two weeks after the trial in which his father, Ralph Fredderick Fisher, 47, of Goshen, was acquitted of the same charge.
Jason Fisher spent more than 10 months in the Kosciusko County Jail charged with the death of Kathy Vroman, 48, of Milford, before he told officials that it was his father who committed the crime.
Kosciusko County Prosecutor Charles Waggoner then charged Ralph Fisher with the murder and, as was learned during the elder man's trial last month, promised to dismiss the murder charge against Jason Fisher in exchange for his testimony against his father.
Evidence presented during the trial indicated Ralph Fisher was not in Kosciusko County on the day Vroman was murdered at Country Car Co., the Milford business owned by Jason Fisher.
After the trial, Waggoner said he would review Jason Fisher's testimony and compare it with statements made prior to trial. If the information was consistent, the murder charge would be dismissed. Waggoner said he believes he prosecuted the man who shot Vroman.
Vroman died of two gunshot wounds to her head. Her frozen body was later recovered from a wooded area in Michigan, where Jason Fisher said he and Lawrence Grant of Shipshewana took her several days after the murder. Jason Fisher said Vroman was dead when he entered the business after Vroman and Ralph Fisher argued over a debt. Jason Fisher claims his father was standing over Vroman's body and holding a gun.
Grant is serving a sentence for burglary and theft in connection with a December 2000 break-in to Rice Ford and the theft of more than $100,000 worth of vehicles. Grant also was convicted of unlawful movement of a body.
Jason Fisher still faces charges of burglary and theft from the Rice Ford incident. The charges carry up to eight years in prison.
Two other men, including Vroman's husband, William Vroman, also were convicted in the Rice Ford case. Authorities said Vroman may have been killed because of her knowledge of the auto thefts and the fact that William Vroman was preparing to provide information in the matter to police. [[In-content Ad]]
As promised by Kosciusko County's prosecutor, a charge of murder was dismissed against a Millersburg man accused in the Jan. 15, 2001, death of a Milford woman.
The charge against Jason Fisher, 23, was officially dismissed Monday, just more than two weeks after the trial in which his father, Ralph Fredderick Fisher, 47, of Goshen, was acquitted of the same charge.
Jason Fisher spent more than 10 months in the Kosciusko County Jail charged with the death of Kathy Vroman, 48, of Milford, before he told officials that it was his father who committed the crime.
Kosciusko County Prosecutor Charles Waggoner then charged Ralph Fisher with the murder and, as was learned during the elder man's trial last month, promised to dismiss the murder charge against Jason Fisher in exchange for his testimony against his father.
Evidence presented during the trial indicated Ralph Fisher was not in Kosciusko County on the day Vroman was murdered at Country Car Co., the Milford business owned by Jason Fisher.
After the trial, Waggoner said he would review Jason Fisher's testimony and compare it with statements made prior to trial. If the information was consistent, the murder charge would be dismissed. Waggoner said he believes he prosecuted the man who shot Vroman.
Vroman died of two gunshot wounds to her head. Her frozen body was later recovered from a wooded area in Michigan, where Jason Fisher said he and Lawrence Grant of Shipshewana took her several days after the murder. Jason Fisher said Vroman was dead when he entered the business after Vroman and Ralph Fisher argued over a debt. Jason Fisher claims his father was standing over Vroman's body and holding a gun.
Grant is serving a sentence for burglary and theft in connection with a December 2000 break-in to Rice Ford and the theft of more than $100,000 worth of vehicles. Grant also was convicted of unlawful movement of a body.
Jason Fisher still faces charges of burglary and theft from the Rice Ford incident. The charges carry up to eight years in prison.
Two other men, including Vroman's husband, William Vroman, also were convicted in the Rice Ford case. Authorities said Vroman may have been killed because of her knowledge of the auto thefts and the fact that William Vroman was preparing to provide information in the matter to police. [[In-content Ad]]