COLUMBUS – A 20-year-old Columbus man will be arraigned Monday on charges related to the slaying of Imperial Stewart, whose body was found on the Northeast Side nearly two weeks after he was reported missing.
A Franklin County grand jury on Thursday returned a seven-count indictment against Michael Bowles that includes two counts of murder and one count each of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery, tampering with evidence, gross abuse of a corpse and having a weapon under disability, Franklin County Prosecuting Attorney G. Gary Tyack said.
There are three-year gun specifications on the aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and two murder charges.
The 17-year-old Stewart was reported missing on Sept. 20 in the North Linden area and was found dead in a wooded area in near Sunbury and Agler roads nearly two weeks later.
A total of seven suspects have been charged in connection with Stewart’s murder and efforts to destroy evidence of it.