Michelle Hayes
Stephen Cohen was released in 2010 after being in prison for 25 years. Scott Grant is now up for parole. Please remember, that is a hearing and there is no guarantee of parole. Below is a sample letter you can use to send to the parole board. You can email it, fax it or send it by mail.
Email addresses:
drc.publicinfo@odrc.state.oh.us
drc.victim.services@odrc.state.oh.us
Fax: (513) 946-3100
Board of Parole Hearings
770 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43222
Sample letter:
Cynthia B. Mausser, Chairperson
Board of Parole Hearings
770 West Broad Street
Columbus, OH 43222
Ms. Mausser and Members of the Ohio Board of Parole Hearings:
* * * Confidential * * *
Re: Parole Hearing Planned for Scott Grant, Inmate # A197111
Please DO NOT grant parole to Scott Grant, Inmate # A197111. As a concerned citizen, I am writing to protest the projected parole of this convicted murderer.
Michelle was at Cohen’s home in July of 1985 to see Grant who was living with the Cohen family at the time. Grant said they killed Michelle because she had resisted his sexual advances. The two admitted killing Michelle with a punch to her throat, then dragged her nude body to the garage and cut her legs off with a saw so that her body would fit into a wheelbarrow so they could haul her body and bury her in a backyard berry patch behind Cohen’s home in Mentor. They then buried Michelle in a shallow grave.
Michelle was missing for two weeks before her body began to decompose and the neighbors started to smell the awful odor. In the period between the murder and finding Michelle’s body, Cohen bragged to several people that he had murdered a girl and buried her in his back yard. Finally Cohen’s younger brother told police that Stephen had said a girl was buried in the back of their home.
The loss of Michelle has devastated her family, friends and neighbors. The community lost an amazing young woman, who was an angel on earth before being taken by the hands of two thoughtless and calculating killers.
The heinous nature of the murder of Michelle Hayes, the multiple crimes committed and the age & innocence of the victim should preclude any consideration of parole for Scott Grant. His actions have shown that he is extremely volatile and that he has no regard for human life. For this heinous crime, Scott Grant was sentenced to 40 years in prison but he sentenced the Hayes family and friends to a lifetime of grief and sorrow.
In the interests of justice, public safety, and to lessen the emotional trauma for the victim’s family, please consider giving Scott Grant a three year set off before any future parole reviews.
Thank you for your consideration,
Sincerely,
____________________________________________________ Date____________________
City _______________________________________ State ___________ Zip _________
Or you can download it here: Grant Parole Letter
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Defendants
Scott Grant – convicted, sentenced to 11-40 years in prison, up for parole now
Stephen Cohen – pled guilty to involuntary manslaughter, sentenced to 8-25 years in prison, released in 2010
Stephen Cohen
INMATE INFORMATION
SCOTT A GRANT
Number: A197111
DOB: 05/07/1967
Gender: Male
Race: White
Admission Date: 03/03/1986
Institution: Lake Erie Correctional Institution
Status: INCARCERATED
Offense Information
INVOL MANSLAUGHTER Counts: 1 ORC: 2903.04 3
Committing County: LAKE Admission Date: 03/03/1986 Degree of Felony: First
KIDNAPPING Counts: 1 ORC: 2905.01 3
Committing County: LAKE Admission Date: 03/03/1986 Degree of Felony: First
BURGLARY Counts: 1 ORC: 2911.12 3
Committing County: LAKE Admission Date: 03/03/1986 Degree of Felony: Second
Sentence Information
Indefinite Sentence Min: 11 years
Indefinite Sentence Max: 40 years
Expiration of Max Sentence: 08/20/2025
Parole Hearing Information
Next Parole Board Hearing/Review Month: June 2013
Latest Parole Board Hearing/Review Type & Results: CONTINUED HEARING
