The man charged with killing a female employee at a Dollar Tree in Upper Sandusky on New Year's Day enters an insanity plea on the charges.
27-year-old Bethel Bekele has been indicted on aggravated murder, aggravated burglary, and felonious assault for the death of 22-year-old Keris Riebel. This week he entered his plea of not guilty by reason of insanity on the charges. On January 1st, the Upper Sandusky Police Department was called to the Dollar Tree for a man waving a machete around inside the store. During the investigation, detectives learned that Bekele struck Riebel multiple times with the machete. When officers arrived, they found her dead, and Bekele was located a short time later and taken into custody.
