Charles Greene , 52 , was charged with aggravated murder , murder , aggravated robbery and kidnapping . Ohio police have arrested a man they suspect killed an elderly woman he sometimes worked for by stuffing her into a wishing well and leaving her to die . Charles Greene was arrested by police in Columbus on Saturday and charged with killing Alyce Seff , 81 , at a rental property she owned in German Village in July of 2008 . Greene , 52 , was charged in Franklin County Common Pleas Court with aggravated murder , murder , aggravated robbery and kidnapping . One of Seff 's neighbors found the landlady stuffed upside-down into the wooden well on the unoccupied property . The decomposition of the body indicated Seff slowly asphyxiated over the course of three or four days . There was blood splattered on a wall near the well , according to 10 TV . A search of the area did not turn up anything that could have been used as a weapon . Police think money was the motive for the murder as Seff was known to carry around a lot of cash . Alyce Seff , 81 , was found in a wishing well at a rental property she owned in Columbus , Ohio , in July of 2008 . A neighbor found Seff 's body stuffed into the wooden well and there was blood splattered on a wall nearby . Greene became a suspect after Seff 's credit cards were found in his possession and her 1993 Ford Escort was discovered near his home after her death , the Columbus Dispatch reported . Columbus Sgt . Christ Holzhauser called it a 'sick death ' . He said : 'She basically was left in a decorative well in the backyard and left there to die , and we have no idea how long . ' 'She suffered . ' Four detectives worked on the case , although two of them are now retired . Greene has a criminal record which dates back to 1981 and includes charges of burglary , theft and drugs , NBC4i reported .
Charles Greene was arrested by police in Columbus , Ohio , on Saturday . Suspected of killing landlady Alyce Seff at one of her properties in 2008 . He is being held without bond and will be arraigned Monday morning.