“I did commit the murder”

By By Kyle Meddles, Richwood Gazette

Swindler

“I did commit the murder.”

Those were the words of 28-year-old Micaiah Swindler, the man charged with stabbing his father to death at a Mill Valley home in April of 2025, during a plea hearing in the Union County Courthouse on March 20.

Swindler withdrew from his not-guilty plea and pled guilty to aggravated murder and felonious assault in the murder of his father. Judge Don Fraser led the proceedings and the state was represented by Union County Prosecutor Da…

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