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A man suspected of brutally killing a traveling auto parts salesman inside his Holiday Inn hotel room in Ohio<\/a> more than four decades ago has been charged in the murder, years after the victim’s items were found behind a Cracker Barrel restaurant in Georgia, authorities said Monday.<\/p>\n

Randy Lane McAllister, a 62-year-old Columbus resident, was indicted by a Warren County grand jury for his alleged role in the Oct. 17, 1985, death of John Christopher Warren.<\/p>\n

He was charged with aggravated murder and murder after investigators resurrected the cold case<\/a> through forensic evidence.<\/p>\n

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Warren was found dead the day after checking into the now-closed Holiday Inn in Middletown, Ohio, just outside Cincinnati, where he was in town for meetings. Detectives surmised the slaying had been a fatal robbery.<\/p>\n

Investigators said a number of Warren’s belongings were missing, including his 1985 Oldsmobile. Days later, those items were discovered behind a Cracker Barrel in Dalton, Georgia, while Warren’s car was found in Redington Beach, Florida.<\/p>\n

“Although detectives at the time followed up on a number of leads, there was not sufficient evidence to move forward on the case,” the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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The murder went unsolved for years until investigators reopened the case<\/a> in 2019. Several of Warren’s belongings recovered from the crime scenes were sent for analysis. That led detectives to McAllister and a now-deceased accomplice<\/a>, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n

“This is a case involving extreme violence,” Assistant Prosecutor Brian Goodyear told a Warren County court judge during McAllister’s first court appearance on Tuesday, Fox 19 Now reported. “The victim was beaten to death and strangled with a ligature. This was a very violent death.”<\/p>\n

McAllister, who has three prior violent felony convictions, including felonious assault and aggravated robbery, has been on the run for 40 years, Goodyear said.<\/p>\n

The prosecutor’s office has not disclosed how Warren’s items were connected to McAllister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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