Documents reveal new details in case of human legs found in trash bags; Victim’s grandson charged

KETTERING — The grandson of a man whose legs were found in Trotwood appeared in court on Tuesday.

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As reported on News Center 7 at 6:00, Tygan Keiter, 23, was arrested on July 18 in connection to his 75-year-old grandfather’s death.

Tygan was indicted on four counts of tampering with evidence in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.

The legs of Edgar Keiter Sr. were found in trash bags near a Trotwood house on April 22, according to a previous News Center 7 report.

The rest of Keiter Sr.’s remains were later found in a Dayton storage unit that belonged to his son, Edgar Keiter Jr.

Kettering Police Sergeant Vince Mason told News Center 7 that Tygan’s name frequently appeared while investigating.

“We began to go through cell phones that were collected during the search warrant,” Mason said.

When Tygan voluntarily spoke with detectives, he “gave us a story that kind of put him in the middle of this,” Mason said.

Tygan is the third person to be arrested in connection to Keiter Sr.’s death.

Keiter Sr.’s son Edgar Keiter Jr. was arrested and formally charged with gross abuse of a corpse, tampering with evidence, and theft in May.

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Edgar’s girlfriend, Amanda Reiff, was arrested and charged with complicity to commit tampering with evidence and complicity to commit gross abuse of a corpse in early July.

In the statement of facts, Tygan admitted to going to Keiter Sr.’s house and seeing him dead on the floor “with a knife through his chest.”

Tygan also admitted to sending text messages and making calls from Keiter Sr.’s phone.

Kettering police told News Center 7′s Mike Campbell that it looks like Keiter Sr.’s death may have been over money.

“He wanted to start a business, grandpa was not good with that…and Keiter Jr. said ‘I’m gonna go and talk to grandpa and take care of this,’” Mason said.

Tygan’s bond was set at $150,000.

No one has been charged with murder in this case, but News Center 7 is reaching out to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office to see if that will change in light of this new information.

We will continue to follow this story.

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