CANTON, Ohio — A Stark County grand jury has indicted Daniel Mattay for the murder Ryan Godbey , a Canton drag performer whose "suspicious" disappearance in June led to an area-wide search that quickly turned into a homicide investigation.
Mattay, a 34-year-old Massillon native, was first arrested in July for allegedly killing Godbey. On Wednesday, grand jurors charged him with the following crimes:
Murder (special felony)
Assault (second-degree felony)
Strangulation (second-degree felony)
Escape (second-degree felony)
Domestic violence (third degree felony)
Tampering with evidence (third-degree felony)
Gross abuse of a corpse (fifth-degree felony)
Mattay is currently being held in the Stark County Jail on what is now a $3 million bond. He is due to be arraigned on Friday.