Suspect arrested in pair of double homicides in Cincinnati

CINCINNATI, Ohio (AP) — Authorities in Ohio say a suspect has been arrested in a pair of double homicides in Cincinnati, including two women whose bodies were found in an apartment.

Cincinnati police say officers responded to the North Avondale apartment shortly after 5:30 p.m. Friday and found 56-year-old Bridgett Carter and 35-year-old Tasia Mason, who were pronounced dead at the scene.

Early Friday, police said, 28-year-old William Bowen III and 47-year-old Michael Eves were gunned down in Avondale.

Police said early Sunday that homicide detectives arrested 42-year-old Alto Miles at about midnight in the murders of the four victims. It’s unclear whether he has an attorney who could offer comment on the charges; a listed number for Miles couldn’t be found Sunday.

Police spokesman Lt. Steve Saunders told the Cincinnati Enquirer that he did not know the connection between Miles and the victims. Authorities said the investigation continues and asked anyone with information to call the homicide unit.

The Enquirer reported that Miles is a convicted drug trafficker whose adult criminal history dates back to the mid-1990s, according to court records.

Miles is on parole after his 2018 release from prison following a two-year sentence for a 2016 conviction of trafficking heroin and cocaine, according to the Ohio Department of Correction and Rehabilitation, the Enquirer reported. He was convicted in 1997 and 2014 of being a felon in possession of weapons, the Enquirer reported.