Roger “Butch” Pratt
Jury pronounces Swiger guilty of Pratt’s murder
Prosecutor wants to try Ohio inmate
Brother of victim says it’s not hatred of the killers, but hatred of what they did that drives him
Pratt’s killer will return to face Mercer Co. charges
Brother’s Keeper
Pratt brother working to keep Swiger behind bars
Prison term turns man to ministry, literature
Inmate in murder case seeks to cancel plea in store arson
Victim’s family appeals release of Linda Karlen
Linda Karlen seeking early release
Pa. native returning to park for anniversary of brother’s death
Karlen soon to be freed from prison
TV show puts focus on man’s ’88 murder in Mercer County
Roger Pratt’s Murder.
For Roger Pratt’s brother, movie on murder met goal
Movies Based On True Stories Database: Murder In a College Town
Movies/Documentaries
Frenemies: Shattered Bonds
What Happened to Bobby Earl? (aka: Murder In a College Town)
I Killed My BFF: Frat Brother Homicide
Defendants
Edward Swiger – convicted, sentenced to 43 years to life in prison
Linda Karlen – convicted of conspiracey to commit kidnapping, sentenced to 7-15 years in prison in OH, pled guilty to arson; sentenced to 5-10 years in prison in PA, released on parole October 2012
Michael Swiger – convcited, sentenced to 21-53 years in prison, released in 2006
Michael Pratt
INMATE INFORMATION
EDWARD SWIGER
Number: A220709
DOB: 01/20/1966
Gender: Male
Race: White
Admission Date: 03/27/1990
Institution: Lebanon Correctional Institution
Status: INCARCERATED
Offense Information
KIDNAPPING Counts: 1 ORC: 2905.01 3
Committing County: SUMMIT Admission Date: 03/27/1990 Degree of Felony: A1
AGG MURDER Counts: 1 ORC: 2903.01 3
Committing County: SUMMIT Admission Date: 03/27/1990 Degree of Felony: AM
Sentence Information
Gun Specification: 3 years
Indefinite Sentence Min: 10 years
Indefinite Sentence Max: Life Sentence
Expiration of Max Sentence: 01/01/8888
Parole Hearing Information
Next Parole Board Hearing/Review Month: August 2029
Latest Parole Board Hearing/Review Type & Results: FIRST HEARING
INMATE INFORMATION
Offender Name: LINDA KARLEN
Offender ID:666EZ
Date of Birth:12/18/1952
Age: 60
Race: White
Gender: Female
Custody Status: Supervised
Date: 01/24/2013
Reason:Paroled
Alternate ID’s
DOC/PBPP OID#: OJ4982
DOC/PBPP OID#: 666EZ
Other Jail Numbers#: 666EZ
Other Jail Numbers#: 32372317
Aliases
LINDA, JEAN KARLEN
LINDA, KARLEN PIFER
LINDA, PIFER WEAKLAND
LINDA, KARLEN
