VANDALIA, Ohio — A man accused of fatally shooting four people in Butler Township, Ohio, earlier this month is facing nine additional charges.
Steven Marlow, 39, now faces 12 counts of aggravated murder, eight counts of aggravated burglary, one count of illegally possessing a weapon, and one count of tampering with evidence, according to court records. He was initially charged with eight counts of aggravated murder, four counts of aggravated burglary and one count of illegally possessing weapons.
Authorities say on Aug. 5, Marlow killed Sarah Anderson, 41, and her 15-year-old daughter Kayla Anderson in their home before entering another residence and gunning down 82-year-old Clyde Knox and 78-year-old Eva “Sally” Knox.
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Marlow was arrested a day later in Lawrence, Kansas. In a video he initially posted on Facebook, he says he will be “launching the first counterattack against mind control in human history.”
The video is no longer on Facebook although a copy is circulating on TikTok. During the 2-minute clip, Marlow says the attack will not be an “active shooting event,” but an execution of those he says are “responsible for activating shooters.”
“I refuse to sit by while my nieces and nephews and the rest of my family are operated on with mind control,” Marlow says in the video. “Our thoughts are not private.”
Marlow adds that he will “gladly die” to exposed what he called a telepathic attack.
“If I happen to survive, please visit me in prison,” he says.
Vandalia Municipal Court records show Marlow was convicted of aggravated burglary and aggravated menacing in 2020 and was sentenced to five years’ probation.