Documents unsealed Friday in the murder of a Hobart man whose body was found in June near a Portage Township fishing pond provide additional details about the death of Derek Hartz and the two men charged with killing him.
Hartz’s partially nude body was found on a deflated air mattress in the Chustak Salt Creek Fishing Area at 331 West County Road 600 North by a fisherman around 10:30 a.m. that day, according to court documents. He was wearing a blood soaked white T-shirt and had multiple stab and blunt force trauma wounds to his head and chest, with his clothes next to him.
In police interviews, Brothers and Martin said they “had been planning on leaving the state, but prior to this date did not have transportation or finances to travel. It was indicated that prior to Derek’s arrival a ‘plan’ was developed,” according to court records. “Sexual activity was engaged in and during the course of the contact Derek was struck with the brick and stabbed multiple times with the knife,” documents state. Brothers and Martin “then left the body of Derek on the path in the wooded area and drove away in his vehicle. It was indicated that Derek was obviously deceased following the attack.”
Police talked to roommates of Martin and Brothers who verified that the two were in possession of a white passenger car they had never seen before. The two lived together in one bedroom “and were heard packing frantically around 10 a.m. Both Domonic and Jada packed all of their belongings and informed their roommates they were moving out,” documents state.
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