The Stark County Sheriff's Office says Jacob Stockdale, 26, has turned himself in after the Stark County Grand Jury issued a secret indictment earlier this week, charging him with the murder of his 21-year-old brother James and his 54-year-old mother Kathryn.
According to the report, Stockdale shot himself after killing his brother and mother in their home in Bethlehem Township back in June of 2017.
Stockdale had been recovering from his self-inflicted wounds, and was charged this week.
Sheriff George Maier, in a statement, said, "It is our hope that this arrest offers some closure to the Stockdale family and the entire community."
See the full statement from Sheriff Maier below:
On Thursday, September 27th, 2018 26-year-old Jacob Timothy Stockdale turned himself in at the Stark County Sheriff’s Office after a county grand jury issued a secret indictment.
He is charged with murder in the shooting deaths of his brother, 21-year-old James William Stockdale and his mother, 54-year-old Kathryn Barbara Stockdale. The murders took place at their home in Bethlehem Township on June 15th, 2017.Jacob Stockdale has been recovering from a self-inflicted gunshot wound since the incident occurred.
He has been booked into the Stark County Jail on two counts of murder and a firearm specification.
“It is our hope that this arrest offers some closure to the Stockdale family and the entire community,” explained Sheriff Maier.