Link also was ordered to surrender his passport. If he posts bail, he will be on electronic monitoring, court records show.
He was indicted Monday in the July 2001 death of 29-year-old Shannon Noel Anderson, a mother of two daughters, ages 7 and 9, who was estranged from her husband. Her cause of death was ruled as multiple blunt force trauma to the head, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Credit: Marshall Gorby
Link reported July 30, 2001, to the Kettering Police Department that Anderson had not been seen for two days, and that her 1997 Oldsmobile Silhouette was missing from their shared home in the 4500 block of Far Hills Avenue.
A decomposed body with “severe trauma” was discovered Aug. 16, 2001, in rural Ross County in south central Ohio, about an hour and a half from Dayton. The remains later were identified as Anderson through DNA testing. A few months later, Atlanta police found her minivan abandoned in the city’s airport parking lot, prosecutors said.
Dayton attorney Dennis Lieberman is representing Link, who he said works for an insurance company, has been married since 2008 and is the father of a couple children.
“He has had a stable life ever since this young lady passed away,” Lieberman said Tuesday. “He certainly did know her but is not involved in her death.”
A public records search of Link only found a few minor traffic violations and one for fishing without a license.
It is not clear whether Link is able to post 10% of his bond, or $500,000, or must pay the full amount for release. As of 2 p.m. Thursday, he remained held in the Montgomery County Jail. He is next due in court Jan. 22.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
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