Bogle murder suspect could plead guilty today

FREMONT — The suspect in the Heather Bogle homicide could plead guilty today.Daniel Myers, 49, has a plea change hearing in Sandusky County Common Pleas Court at 1:30 p.m., according to court administrator Brock Kimmet. The hearing will be in Judge John Dewey's court.Myers previously pleaded not guilty to charges of aggravated murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence.Bogle was killed April 10, 2015. Her body was found in the trunk of her car outside an apartment complex in Clyde.Former Sandusky County sheriff's detective Sean O'Connell took the lead on the Bogle homicide case. During his 15-month investigation, no arrests were made. Afterward, in 2017, O'Connell was indicted on eight counts, including felonies, with most of the charges relating to his mishandling of the Bogle investigation.O'Connell pleaded guilty to felony evidence tampering and was sentenced to two years in prison in September 2018. At the sentencing, Bogle's sister, Jennifer Bogle, criticized O'Connell in a prepared statement read in court."Sean had zero intentions on actually solving this case," Jennifer Bogle said. "He has shown absolutely no remorse for not doing his job, for the way he treated our family or for the trust lost by the Sandusky County people in their law enforcement due to his negligence."After current Sandusky County Sheriff Chris Hilton took office in January 2017, he restarted the investigation and zeroed in on Myers as the only suspect.During the restarted investigation, Hilton said detectives received information about Leigh Ann Sluder, who shared a child with Myers. Sluder was found dead in her bedroom by Myers in 2009, and her death was ruled a suicide. But neighbors approached Hilton when they were searching Myers' home, which is in the same neighborhood where Sluder died, and said they never believed her death was a suicide.Hilton has since questioned the suicide ruling.Sluder's sister, Loriann Sluder Haley, said she was contacted by the Sandusky County prosecutor's office about the hearing Wednesday. She said she wasn't given details about the plea.Previously, sources told the Register that prosecutors were willing to take the death penalty off the table if Myers agreed to plead guilty to killing both Bogle and Sluder, in 2009. Sandusky County Prosecutor Tim Braun and Hilton both declined to comment on the nature of the plea agreement.A court official said Myers would fully allocute, or explain the circumstances of his crimes, during the hearing.Check sanduskyregister.com Wednesday afternoon for updates and video from the hearing. Matt Westerhold contributed reporting.Reach reporter Brandon Addeo at brandonaddeo@sanduskyregister.com, follow him on Twitter @BrandonAddeo and follow the Register at Facebook.com/SanduskyRegisterDaniel Myers enters the temporary courtrooms for Sandusky County at Terra Community College in Fremont for his arraignment on Tuesday, June 13, 2017. Myers has a plea change hearing scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 13.Heather Bogle