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Columbus woman pleads guilty to causing overdose deaths of four men

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Franklin County Sheriff
Rebecca Auborn

A Columbus woman pleaded guilty Friday to causing the overdose deaths of four men and attempting to overdose another.

Rebecca Auborn, 35, pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and one count of felonious assault in Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

Officials say Auborn offered to meet men for sex in northeast Columbus, then gave them drugs in order to steal their possessions. The overdoses took place between Dec. 2022 and June 2023.

Auborn was indicted in Oct. 2023. She originally faced additional charges, including aggravated robbery and corrupting another with drugs.

She is set to be sentenced in February.

Allie Vugrincic has been a radio reporter at WOSU 89.7 NPR News since March 2023 and has been the station's mid-day radio host since January 2025.