JOHN DAY — The man accused of killing his girlfriend in a John Day motel room is facing additional charges after a grand jury issued an indictment in the case.

Gary Dylan Cavan, 42, was arraigned March 6 in Grant County Circuit Court on a single count of second-degree murder in the Feb. 28 slaying of Janelle Klaar, a 41-year-old woman from Lincoln City.

Cavan was back in court on March 12 for a second arraignment hearing. He appeared via video from the Grant County Jail, where he is being held without bail, and did not speak during the hearing.

In addition to the murder charge, he now faces five more charges in connection with Klaar’s killing.

Employees of the John Day Motel on Feb. 28 discovered Klaar’s body, triggering a manhunt that concluded with Cavan’s arrest March 5 near the old Sags Motel outside Prairie City.

The additional charges in the indictment consist of three counts of first-degree burglary, a Class A felony, one count of second-degree burglary, a Class C felony, and one Class C misdemeanor of third-degree theft.

The state has accused Cavan of unlawfully entering Room 204 at the John Day Motel on two occasions with the intent to commit murder. The state in one of the charges alleges Cavan used or threatened to use a hammer, which law enforcement suspect is the murder weapon.

The second-degree burglary charge alleges Cavan broke into the Sags Motel, where he was hiding until authorities caught him. The states also accused Cavan iof stealing property worth less than $100, thus the misdemeanor theft charge.

Associates face charges

The grand jury also indicted Cavan’s mother, Mickie Lynn Turner, and her boyfriend, Richard Earl States, on accusations of helping Cavan flee and hide from authorities.

Turner and States face two Class C felony counts of hindering prosecution.

The state has accused Turner of providing her son with transportation following the killing and harboring and concealing him after the crime.

The charges against States are almost identical, stating he provided or helped provide transportation for Cavan and harbored or concealed him from authorities.

Tobias Tingleaf, a senior assistant attorney general with the Oregon Department of Justice, is prosecuting the case. Kati Dunn of Canyon City-based Strawberry Mountain Law represents Cavan.

Tingleaf and Dunn declined to comment on the case.

The Grant County Circuit Court has set May 12 for a plea hearing.

Turner has a plea hearing April 14. No proceedings are scheduled in the case against States at this time.