WARREN, Ohio - Thirty-one-year-old Louis Mann entered a not guilty plea as he was arraigned in Judge McKay's court Friday afternoon.
He is charged with two counts of aggravated murder in the deaths of his parents Phil and Frances Mann.
Those charges carry death penalty specifications.
Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins says, "We're dealing with the deaths of two citizens and aggravating circumstances that bring about the capital punishment possibility."
According to an affidavit by the detective who interviewed Louis Mann, it was two weeks ago when Mann, who had been just released from jail, was cooking a hamburger in his parents Jefferson Street home.
He and his mother suddenly got into a dispute about his child.
Mann grabbed a clothesline and strangled his mother to death.
Philip Mann then came into the room with a rifle, but Louis got the gun away from his father, then beat his father with a flashlight before shooting him.
Mann was arrested, Saturday, October 1st at the Capri Motel in Howland.
Mann is being held in the Trumbull County Jail without bond.
Columbus attorney Greg Myers is assisting the public defenders office in representing Mann.
A pre-trial hearing is scheduled for November 18th.