Opinion ID: 2761072
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Murder investigation begins

Text: {¶ 28} At 12:30 a.m. on June 2, Detective Greg Gehring examined the crime scene. Investigators found no signs of forced entry, though a window was partly open in the front of the building. No firearms were found inside the apartment or in the area around the apartment building. Noelle’s keys were not in the apartment. {¶ 29} Gehring learned that Noelle had filed charges against Pickens for rape on May 31 and was informed about the text messages that Noelle had sent before she was killed. Based on this information, Pickens was identified as the murder suspect. At approximately 3:45 a.m. on June 2, the police arrested Pickens at his apartment and took him to the station. In the meantime, Gehring watched surveillance footage from Gateway Plaza showing Pickens’s arrivals and departures during the previous night.