Grand jury indicts Toledoan in slaying

4/16/2009

A Toledo man charged in the shooting death of his live-in girlfriend was indicted by a Lucas County grand jury yesterday on alternate charges of murder and reckless homicide.

Donald Traviss, of 2575 Eastgate Rd., Apt. 12, is accused of killing Melanie Golden, 35, who was found April 7 in the couple's home with a gunshot wound to the side of her head.

He remains in custody at the Lucas County jail in lieu of $500,000 bond.