LIMA, OH (WLIO) - A Lima man charged with killing his mother is trying to get an interview he did with police tossed before trial.
A motion hearing for 45-year-old Joseph Cheney was held today in Allen County Common Pleas Court. His lawyers are trying to get the video of an interview that he did with police suppressed before his trial.
In May 2020, the Lima police officers were called out to a home on East Kibby Street and found the body of 71-year-old Rachel Cheney in a bedroom with a fatal stab wound to her upper torso. Cheney originally pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity, but he was ruled competent to stand trial in August of 2022. Cheney also signed a speedy time waiver to push his trial back to a later date. Judge Terri Kohlrieser will review the evidence and make her decision on the DVD at a later date.
