Clermont County grand jury indicts man on charge of aggravated murder in death of New Richmond man

A Clermont County grand jury has indicted a Batavia Township man on a charge of aggravated murder in the shooting death of Robert “Bobby” Farrell, Jr. of New Richmond.

The man indicted, 23-year-old Keyanta Gardner, also faces two counts of conspiracy to commit murder and one count each of felony murder, gross abuse of a corpse and tampering with evidence, according to a news release from Clermont County Prosecutor Mark Tekulve.

If convicted of all the charges related to Farrell's killing, Tekulve said, Gardner faces the possibility of life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Tekulve said Farrell, 23, was reported missing by his family on July 6 and found dead in Clermont County six days later.

The prosecutor said law enforcement ultimately determined that Gardner conspired with 23-year-old Christian Beasley of Cincinnati to kill Farrell.

Beasley was arrested on a charge of murder on Thursday, Tekulve said.

He said both Beasley and Gardner will be arraigned in Clermont County today on the charges against them, with Beasley appearing in municipal court and Gardner in common pleas court.

Both men will also have bond hearings then.