A PLEA HEARING HAS BEEN SET FOR AN AKRON MAN ACCUSED OF 1st DEGREE MURDER IN THE JULY, 2014 DEATH OF HIS MOTHER. JONATHAN NEUNABER AND HIS ATTORNEY ARE SCHEDULED TO APPEAR IN PLYMOUTH COUNTY DISTRICT COURT ON MONDAY AT 1:30pm, FOR A PLEA TAKING DEAL. NEUNABER HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN THE CASE, IN JANUARY, HE WAS FOUND COMPETENT TO STAND TRIAL, AND HIS TRIAL DATE WAS SET FOR MAY 10.

THE BODIES OF BOTH OF NEUNABER’S PARENTS WERE FOUND IN THEIR RURAL AKRON HOME IN JULY, 2014. AUTOPSY RESULTS SHOWED THAT HIS FATHER, 83 YEAR OLD DONALD NEUNABER, DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES, BUT THIS MOTHER, 80-YEAR OLD ESTHER NEUNABER DIED FROM BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO THE HEAD.