Trish Bennett, Editor
CIRCLEVILLE – Trevor A. Teets, 20, of Circleville, was indicted by the Pickaway County Grand Jury on Feb. 6 in the shooting death of Alicia M. Pentecost-Salyers at his apartment on Caroline Court in the city.
Teets was indicted on charges of murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and domestic violence and faces a maximum of 15 years to life in prison if convicted.
He is currently being held on $2 million bond in the Pickaway County Jail following an initial hearing Feb. 3 in Circleville Municipal Court. His case was set for a preliminary hearing Monday, but that hearing was cancelled upon the indictment.
He is now expected to be arraigned on the felony charges Wednesday in Pickaway County Common Pleas Court.
Teets is accused in the shooting death of Salyers, 19, with whom he had a relationship. Salyers was declared dead at the scene of the shooting at 129 Caroline Court, Circleville, shortly after 2 p.m. Feb. 1.
Funeral services for Salyers are set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Defenbaugh-Wise-Schoedinger Funeral Home, where friends are invited to call from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday. She will be laid to rest in Forest Cemetery.
Memorial contributions are requested in her name to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38101-9908; the Make-A-Wish Foundation, 2545 Farmers Dr. #300, Columbus, OH 43215; or the Wright-Poling Pickaway County Dog Shelter, c/o Partners for Paws, P.O. Box 282, Circleville, OH 43113.
This article originally appeared on The Pickaway News Journal
