Man arrested for perjury during investigation of Katelyn Markham homicide

JATARA: YOU KNOW, THE LAST DEVELOPMENT THE PUBLIC HAS KNOWN ABOUT IN THIS CASE WAS MORE THAN SIX YEARS AGO. TONIGHT, A MAN IS FACING CHARGES IN CONNECTION TO THE INVESTIGATION. NO ONE HAS BEEN CHARGED AT LEAST NOT YET IN KATELYN’S MURDER. IT’S A COLD CASE THAT’S PUZZLED INVESTIGATORS FOR MORE THAN A DECADE. NOW THE INVESTIGATION INTO WHO KILLED KATELYN MARKHAM MAY BE WARMING UP. TODAY, INVESTIGATORS UNSEALED AN INDICTMENT FOR JONATHAN PALMERTON. THE 35-YEAR-OLD WAS INDICTED FOR PERJURY AND BOOKED IN THE BUTLER COUNTY JAIL THIS AFTERNOON. PROSECUTOR MIKE GMOSER, TELLING WLWT PALMERTON LIED AT SOME POINT DURING THE INVESTIGATION. KATELYN DISAPPEARED FROM HER FAIRFIELD HOME JUST DAYS BEFORE HER 22ND BIRTHDAY IN AUGUST 2011. HER REMAINS WERE FOUND ALMOST TWO YEARS LATER NEAR A CREEK IN INDIANA. IN 2016, BUTLER COUNTY DETECTIVES, WHO TOOK OVER THE CASE, SAID THEY HAD A STRONG PERSON OF INTEREST. BUT MORE THAN SIX YEARS LATER THE CASE REMAINS UNSOLVED. ( {DAVE MARKHAM KATELYN’S FATHER / -- >> WE WILL GET IT. WE WILL GET ANSWERS. JATARA: DAVE MARKHAM HAS TALKED WITH US MANY TIMES OF THE YEARS DESPERATE TO SEE HIS DAUGHTER’S KILLER HELD ACCOUNTABLE. TONIGHT, HE SAID HE’S GRATEFUL INVESTIGATORS HAVEN’T GIVEN UP BUT SAID HE NEEDED THE WEEKEND TO PROCESS THE DEVELOPMENTS. >> MY FIANCE IS MISSING. I CAN’T FIND HER ANYWHERE. JATARA: KATELYN’S FIANCE JOHN CARTER WAS THE LAST KNOWN PERSON TO SEE HER. >> SHE WAS AT HER HOUSE. SHE WAS GOING TO BED. SHE WASN’T GOING OUT TO DO ANYTHING. JATARA: GMOSER ALSO CONFIRMED SEARCH WARRANTS WERE EXECUTED AT PALMERTON’S HOME AND THE HOME WHERE JOHN CARTER LIVED AT THE TIME OF KATELYN’S DISAPPEARANCE. CARTER IS NOT CHARGED WITH ANY CRIMES. JATARA: WE ASKED THE PROSECUTOR ABOUT PALMERTON’S CONNECTION TO MARKHAM. HE SAID INVESTIGATORS ARE NOT RELEASING THAT DETAIL RIGHT NOW. REPORTING LIVE JATARA MCGEE WL

Prosecutor: Man arrested for perjury during investigation of Katelyn Markham homicide

Updated: 11:14 PM EST Feb 17, 2023

The Butler County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday an arrest has been made in one of the biggest cold cases in the area. The disappearance of Katelyn Markham sent shock waves through the community. Markham disappeared from her Fairfield home back in 2011. Two years later, her body was found in Indiana. On Friday, police said Jonathan Palmerton was indicted on a perjury charge, accused of lying to investigators during course of investigation. Police said there was a cooperative effort between agencies that led to multiple search warrants for evidence in the case. The searches led to "useful evidence" in the case, police said. Palmerton has only been charged with perjury, he is not facing any other charges at this time. He is currently being held at the Butler County Jail.

CINCINNATI —

The Butler County Prosecutor's Office announced Friday an arrest has been made in one of the biggest cold cases in the area.

The disappearance of Katelyn Markham sent shock waves through the community. Markham disappeared from her Fairfield home back in 2011.

Two years later, her body was found in Indiana.

On Friday, police said Jonathan Palmerton was indicted on a perjury charge, accused of lying to investigators during course of investigation.

Police said there was a cooperative effort between agencies that led to multiple search warrants for evidence in the case.

The searches led to "useful evidence" in the case, police said.

Palmerton has only been charged with perjury, he is not facing any other charges at this time.

He is currently being held at the Butler County Jail.