Coroner: Woman killed in Elwood Jones murder case did not have Hepatitis B despite autopsy report saying so

Coroner: Review of lab report says victim in 1994 Blue Ash murder did not have Hepatitis B

The Hamilton County coroner says a woman who was killed at a Blue Ash hotel in 1994 did not have Hepatitis B, contradicting findings cited by the Hamilton County prosecutor in the dismissal of a high-profile murder case.

Coroner: Woman killed in Elwood Jones murder case did not have Hepatitis B despite autopsy report saying so

Rhoda Nathan, the woman brutally beaten inside her hotel room at the Embassy Suites in Blue Ash more than 30 years ago, did not have Hepatitis B, according to a new release from the Hamilton County Coroner's Office.Earlier this month, Hamilton County Prosecutor Connie Pillich announced she had dismissed the murder case against Elwood Jones, a man who sat on death row for nearly three decades, before Hamilton County Common Pleas Court Judge Wende…