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Driver sentenced in crash that killed 35-year-old woman

Conant Crash Auglaize County

AUGLAIZE COUNTY — A driver has been sentenced in connection with a crash that killed a 35-year-old woman last year.

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Jeffrey Hayden Odenweller was sentenced to 54 months in prison, and his driver’s license will be suspended for 50 years, according to our media partners at WCSM.

News Center 7 previously reported that the crash happened at the intersection of SR 197 and Conant Road in Logan Township on July 30, 2025.

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An SUV driven by Odenweller was going south on Conant Road when he failed to yield at a stop sign and collided with a pickup truck traveling west on SR 197.

The passenger in the pickup truck, 35-year-old Tara Skeens of Spencerville, died from her injuries on Aug. 4, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Odenweller was formally charged on Jan. 14.

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