Approximately June 2003 a woman by the name of Nicole Waibel, a
resident of Reynoldsburg Ohio  shot and killed a man she claimed
attacked her after she gave him a ride home from a bar.  She dumped
his body on Doty Road in Pickerington Ohio.  The next day her friends
who were with her contacted the police and turned her in.  I would
like to know the end result of the case.  The original story was
reported in the Columbus Dispatch newspaper, but I am unable to locate
any stories about the outcome.  Pickerington is in Fairfield County
Ohio, and Reynoldsburg is either in Franklin County or Licking County.

I located a cached article describing the Nicole K. Waibel case that
you mentioned.

Excerpt:

?Whitehall police took Nicole K. Waibel of Windsor Drive into custody
Monday. She was charged with one count of murder, two counts of
tampering with evidence and one count of carrying a concealed weapon,
according to the clerk of courts office.?

(...)

The man had been identified as 20-year-old Whitehall resident Lalisa
Kabeta Gemechu of South Hamilton Road, police said.

(...)


?Waibel will face a preliminary hearing in Franklin County Municipal
Court at 9:30 a.m. June 12. She is being held without bond in the
Franklin County Jail, according to the Municipal Clerk of Courts
office.?

Read the full text here.
http://66.102.11.104/search?q=cache:dYtOTRpLExcJ:www.snponline.com/NEWS6-4/6-4_rywhmurder%25206-4.htm+Waibel+murder+ohio&hl=en


I then searched through the public records at the Franklin County Municipal Court.
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.htm

Click here for public access records search
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw6500*display


Here is the criminal summary      

2003 CR A 013538 

STATE OF OHIO vs. WAIBEL, NICOLE K WHI   

Ticket Number 843171  

Defendant 
Full Name WAIBEL, NICOLE K  

Jurisdiction WHITEHALL  
 
Case Information 
Offense Date 06/02/2003  

Case Attributes 
Number 2003 CR A 013538  

Status CLOSED  
Filed 06/02/2003  

  
Charge(s) 

1  MURDER                                     DISMISSED DIRECT INDICTMENT    
2  TAMPER W/ EVIDENCE           DISMISSED DIRECT INDICTMENT    
3  TAMPER W/ EVIDENCE           DISMISSED DIRECT INDICTMENT    
4  CARRY CONCLD WEAPON     DISMISSED DIRECT INDICTMENT    

See full details here:
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_case_sum?2507349


Dockets
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.docket_lst?2507349


Disposition
Status: Closed
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_casedsp_lst?2507349


Parties
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.party_lst?2507349


Events
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.event_lst?2507349


Case Disposition Summary
http://www.fcmcclerk.com/Pa/pa.urd/pamw2000.o_casedsp_sum?2507349|1



Search terms used:
Waibel murder Ohio
Franklin County Municipal Court

I hope the information provided is helpful!

Best regards,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by nkamom-ga on 29 Aug 2004 12:42 PDT

Hi Bobbie!

Thanks for the prompt answer, but I need a little more.  The
information you have provided is from the Franklin County Municipal
Court.  What that tells me is that the case was "bound over" to the
Common Pleas Court.  Here, in Ohio, all cases start out in Municipal
Court.  The Municipal Court is really for lesser crimes, and Civil
actions under $15,000.  So, if a defendant is charged with murder, the
case will start in municipal court.  There, the defendant either pleas
to a lesser charge, gets a preliminary hearing, or the case can be
taken directly to a grand jury by the prosecutor.  Since the muny
court records say direct indictment, this tells me the case was taken
to a grand jury and then went to common please court.  So your next
research stop is the Franklin County Common Pleas Court.  Why - you
ask am I willing to pay someone else to find it?  Well the Franklin
county clerk web site is frustrating, and I cannot seem to get it to
work with my computer (why would be another question for google).  I
cannot access any county records, and I am not even certin that the
criminal records are online.

Thanks for your efforts.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 29 Aug 2004 12:59 PDT

Dear Nkamom,

I went to the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Website and it
appears that the criminal records are not available online.
http://www.fccourts.org/gen/index.htm

Please let me know if the information that I provided is
unsatisfactory. If it is, I will contact the editors and request the
removal of my answer.

I apologize for the inconvenience.

Sincerely,
Bobbie7

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Request for Answer Clarification by nkamom-ga on 29 Aug 2004 13:54 PDT

Your answer is not "unsatisfactory" - just not what I was hoping for. 
No need to withdraw your answer,  you did the work.  If curiosity gets
the best of me, I will post again.

Thanks for your time.

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Clarification of Answer by bobbie7-ga on 29 Aug 2004 14:54 PDT

Thank you!