Woman dead after being struck with machete while riding motorcycle; Suspect in custody

A woman is dead after she was struck with a machete while riding a motorcycle in Preble County.

New Center 7’s John Bedell is speaking to the Preble County Sheriff’s Office and will have the latest LIVE on News Center 7 at 5:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m.

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On Sunday, June 22, around 10:32 p.m., Preble County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a home in the 3700 block of Aukerman Creek Road on reports of a woman with a severe laceration to her right leg and who was bleeding profusely.

The woman, identified as 41-year-old Leigha Huff of Middletown, was pronounced dead at the home on Aukerman Creed Road…

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