TOLEDO — The Ohio Attorney General’s Office is defying a federal court order to turn over grand jury records and sealed search warrant materials from its criminal investigation of Huron County Sheriff Todd Corbin.
The state’s investigation is ongoing and active, according to objections in a court filing from the AG’s office filed last week in the long-delayed civil action against Corbin and his deputies brought by the family of Amanda Dean, who was murdered in 2017.
Corbin refused to investigate her homicide for more than six years, falsely stating that Amanda was alive and well and telling her family she didn’t want to communicate with them. Corbin claims he spoke with the director of a local women’s shelter who assured him Amanda was safe, which also is apparently untrue given the timeline of Amanda’s death revealed after the state launched an investigation in 2023.
In late 2022, Amanda’s family sent Corbin a “proof of life” demand. News coverage in the Sandusky Register led to a statewide exposure of the frustrations the family was experiencing caused by Corbin’s refusal to help them bring her killer to justice. The state launched its investigation in response to public pressure after Cleveland media, including Channel 19 News, and other broadcast news outlets also began reporting about her death and the stymied murder investigation.
