TRUMBULL COUNTY Grand jury will study manslaughter case

Family and friends of the slain man don't believe the woman's story.
By PEGGY SINKOVICH
VINDICATOR TRUMBULL STAFF
BROOKFIELD -- A Trumbull County grand jury will soon decide whether to indict a Warren woman who says she shot and killed a man who abducted her.
Lisa Cogar, 37, waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Eastern District Court. She is charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter.
Both she and her attorney, James Lewis of the Ohio Public Defender's Commission, declined to comment.
It is not known when the grand jury will hear the case.
Cogar told Trumbull County deputy sheriffs that Brock Engle, 26, of Johnston, and Timothy R. Williams, 33, of Main Street, Kinsman, kidnapped her at knife point Sept. 8 when she was walking on Olive Street in Warren. She said the two took her to Engle's home and then to a wooded area off state Route 87 in Kinsman.
Williams left after the three arrived in the wooded area, deputies said.
Cogar told officials that Engle told her he was going to kill her and then kill himself. Cogar said Engle gave her the gun and told her to shoot him. She complied, she told deputies.
Kidnapping charge
Williams is charged with one count of kidnapping. He also waived his right to a preliminary hearing, and his case is being sent to the grand jury.
Both are being held in the county jail with bond set at $100,000 each.
Family and friends of Engle and Williams say they don't believe Cogar's story.
Darice Draa, Engle's sister, said her brother was not suicidal and would not hurt anyone.
Cogar told a 911 dispatcher that Engle told her he wanted to die because his girlfriend had broken up with him.
Michelle Emery, Cogar's girlfriend, said the two had not split.
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