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Ohio sheriff: Hit man killed wrong person with target's name

/ AP

CHARDON, Ohio - Ohio authorities say three men have been indicted on aggravated murder charges for a 2006 contract killing in which the hit man went to the wrong house and killed a man with the same name as the intended target.

The men arrested June 1 and indicted Wednesday on conspiracy and aggravated murder charges are 59-year-old Joseph Rosebrook of Saint Cloud, Florida; 57-year-old Carl Rosebrook of East Liberty, Ohio; and 45-year-old Chad South of Moraine, Ohio.

Geauga County's sheriff says Joseph Rosebrook hired South to kill someone named Daniel Ott who'd been a witness against him. Investigators say South killed the wrong Daniel Ott - one in Burton Township, about 40 miles east of Cleveland.

The defendants are in custody in Geauga County. No attorney information is available for them.

First published on June 10, 2015 / 5:12 PM EDT

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