October 27th 2023.
Rebecca Auborn, a 33-year-old woman from Columbus, Ohio, has been charged with four counts of murder in addition to four counts of aggravated robbery, five counts of assault, five counts of ‘corrupting another with drugs’, one count of evidence tampering and four counts of drug trafficking. The offences are alleged to have taken place between January and June of this year, and one of the victims is thought to have survived an attack in December 2022.
In an interview with The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio's Attorney General Dave Yost said that the pattern of the alleged killings points to a serial killer. He added that he was worried that Auborn's alleged actions might set back his office's work in raising awareness of the harms of human trafficking.
Auborn had no significant criminal history prior to the charges filed against her this week. She has at least one child, in addition to a daughter who died just days after she was born in 2016. In another case, she is reported to have admitted to detectives that she had mixed fentanyl, a highly powerful synthetic opioid, in a crack pipe used by one of her victims.
Police are continuing to investigate several other overdose deaths in the Columbus area along motorways where Auborn’s alleged crimes took place. If convicted on all charges, she will face several decades behind bars. Court records indicate Auborn currently does not have an attorney appointed to represent her.
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