A man who told a Hinckley dispatcher during a 911 emergency call that he killed his brother and sister pleaded not guilty Monday to counts of murder and aggravated murder.
Dean Simms, 42, was arraigned on four counts of murder and two counts of aggravated murder, each with a firearm specification. His pre-trial was set for April 14 and his trial for April 18 in Medina County Common Pleas Court.
Simms was arrested after police found his brother, Randy Szychowicz, 45, and sister, Cynthia Gesaman, 52, dead inside the Hinckley Township home the siblings shared at 2:37 a.m. Feb. 5.
The Medina County coroner said each died from a gunshot wound to the head.
Police were called to the house at 2629 Babcock Road by Gesaman shortly after midnight the same night, according to a police report.
The report said Simms was “intoxicated” and throwing beer bottles at Gesaman. Police separated the two and left.
They returned more than an hour later after Simms called 911 and told police he killed his siblings, according to police.
If convicted of aggravated murder, Simms could be sentenced to life without parole. His indictment does not carry the possibility of the death sentence.
Simms is being held in Medina County jail on a $1 million bond.
Simms changed his name from Szychowicz.