Overview
- A Franklin County judge sentenced Rebecca Auborn to four consecutive life terms with parole eligibility after 60 years following her guilty plea.
- Officials say the killings occurred from December 2022 to June 2023 in the Columbus area, where victims were overdosed during paid encounters and robbed.
- Auborn pleaded guilty in December 2025 to four counts of murder and one count of felonious assault tied to an attempted overdose that a fifth man survived.
- Authorities identified the men who died as Wayne Akin, 64; Robert Snoke, 54; Joseph Crumpler, 30; and Guy Renda Jr., 42.
- The probe began after a tip to the Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, and Columbus police have reviewed earlier handling of the deaths.