Man deported seven times charged with aggravated murder in Hamilton case

HAMILTON, Ohio – An immigrant who the Butler County sheriff says was deported seven times has been charged with six counts in connection with the death of a man found in a Hamilton garage this spring.

The jury indicted Fermin Garcia-Gutierrez on charges of aggravated murder, murder (two counts), aggravated assault (two counts), and kidnapping with the use of a firearm.

In April, Garcia-Gutierrez, 46, was arrested in connection with the murder of Fernando Reyna Oviedo. A few days earlier, on March 29, Garcia-Gutierrez was brought to the fore by Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones, who said Garcia-Gutierrez had entered the country illegally on multiple occasions and been deported to Mexico, but returned.

Oviedo, 41, was found dead on April 1 after Hamilton police were called about a body in the 1100 block of South 13th Street.

Investigators believe Garcia-Gutierrez committed the murder two days before his arrest on other charges.

Jones said Garcia-Gutierrez is an example of the sheriff’s frustration with the Biden administration’s immigration and border policies.

Jones said Garcia-Gutierrez has been in prison three times and deported to Mexico seven times, but keeps returning.