RURAL DEFIANCE MAN CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED MURDER IN DOMESTIC ALTERCATION

More information has been released concerning a domestic altercation that led to a fatality in Defiance County.Sheriff Doug Engel reports Dustin Vogelsong of rural Defiance has been charged with Aggravated Murder, in connection with the death of his grandfather, 74 year old Larry Vogelsong of rural Bryan.

The Defiance County Sheriff’s Office received multiple 9-1-1 calls from the Dustin Vogelsong residence on Behnfeldt road Sunday afternoon.When deputies arrived on the scene, they found Larry Vogelsong deceased.It’s believed Dustin Vogelsong had taken-off with his two children ages 7 and 3, which set-off an Amber Alert.The children were dropped off at a residence in Hillsdale, Michigan; and have now been re-united with relatives.Dustin Vogelsong left the Hillsdale residence Sunday, driving back into Ohio, where he was apprehended near the turnpike, without incident by the Williams County Sheriff’s Office.He was transported to the Montpelier Hospital with injuries sustained in the domestic altercation earlier; and he was treated and released.Vogelsong is being held at the regional jail, again charged with Aggravated Murder.Defiance County law officers collected evidence at the scene, and an autopsy has been ordered for Larry Vogelsong, to determine the cause of death.


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