On Oct. 21, 2026, Jeffrey Caudill, 46, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering in connection with the April 2, 2025, stabbing death of Jessica Bird, 49.
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Stephen McIntosh sentenced Caudill to 23-28½ years in prison.
This story first published on April 2, 2025.
Whitehall man charged in fatal stabbing of woman in Obetz
A Whitehall man has been charged with murder in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in Obetz.
According to a statement from the public relations manager for the city of Obetz, Obetz police responded on April 2 at around 4:50 p.m. to a call for service in the 5200 block of Groveport Road at Greenfield Estates, a mobile home park.
Officers discovered the body of 49-year-old Jessica Bird. She had been stabbed or cut multiple
times, according to a criminal complaint filed by Obetz police.
Jeffrey Caudill, 44, has been arrested and charged by Columbus police in connection with Bird's death. According to the criminal complaint, Caudill sent messages via Facebook Messenger to a person stating that he had killed Bird. Caudill also called a second person and admitted to killing her, the complaint states.
Obetz police did not disclose a possible motive in the criminal complaint. Police also did not say what relationship, if any, existed between Caudill and Bird.
This article originally appeared on The Columbus Dispatch: Whitehall man gets up to 28½ years in fatal stabbing of woman in Obetz
