Raymond Wells' page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. His lies have demonstrated a clear intent to obstruct justice and cover-up critical information connected to vital blood evidence in an, A brutal triple homicide also occurred in the middle of all this. A Florida jury convicted him in 1992 and he died by lethal injection in 2008. Butler County native and former hospital orderly Donald Harvey killed at least 37 people with cyanide, arsenic and suffocation in Kentucky and Ohio, according to The New York Times. Russell Smrekar died in October 2011. Ive devoted much of my life and financial resources to uncovering the truth in the hope of achieving complete justice for the murdered victims and their families some have never received justice of any kind. Their bodies were found days later in a field near a local cemetery. Theres no doubt he was involved in the murders of Mansfield and Martin, but the facts and evidence in those cases support that he used accomplices. Lincoln, IL realtorRuth Louise Martin, 51, has been missing from her home since the morning of Wednesday, June 2, 1976. Autopsy reports released Wednesday in one of Ohio's most-notorious unsolved mass murders revealed the mysterious massacre was systematically executed - and brutal. Fischer has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder. McGuires family filed a federal lawsuit after he gasped and choked throughout the 24-minute process. John Hedrick killed seven people before being executed in 1926 for the murder of James McCumber of Meigs County. Sara Carruthers one of 22 Ohio House members censured for backing Iron Rose Mercantile opens expanded location in Middletown, New Ohio cold case unit looking into unsolved homicide of Fairfield 15-year-old. EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (WKBN) For over 46 years, Rhoda Monigold has had a hole in her heart. Grate could face the death penalty if he is convicted. Cecil Dowell Age. But FBI agent Melvin Purvis pursued Floyd to a farm outside East Liverpool. Joy Major Hoop hired Carl G. Lindsey to kill her husband on Feb. 10, 1997. Richard Clark Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend and another man in 2003. The list includes people who were born in, lived in or committed a notable act in each county. Bruce stabbed and strangled the three women, all of whom were known prostitutes, according to court records. He disappeared, The same day Mansfield disappeared, the burglary matter was continued to March (unbeknownst to Mansfield and Smrekar) because the two female students whose dorm room had been burgled were still on their European vacation. Charles Hart became one of Paulding County's earliest recorded executions when he hanged in 1895. Search Ohio homicide victims by name, city or keywords. Litteral killed and robbed a former World War I veteran the previous year. The family relocated twice more before moving to Littleton, Colorado in 1993. The Ohio Attorney Generals Office has created a new cold case unit to investigate unsolved crimes, and it is looking at several area cases of note. The burglary case was then dismissed with leave to reinstate, and Smrekar was refunded $450. He didnt have a vehicle, so he was on foot. All rights reserved (About Us). Lillian "Ginger" Tailford Belt spent nearly two decades overseeing a popular brothel in Ottawa County. The woman later found the boy bludgeoned to death in her house. Cepec has appealed the death sentence to the Ohio Supreme Court. Harvey is in custody at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution after he pleaded guilty to avoid the death penalty. In 2007, Smrekar wrote to me and avowed, Everybody likes a good whodonnit, [sic] and reality is that they [the Mansfield and Martin cases] are and will remain unto eternity unsolved. Its hard for me to believe he suddenly got religion and confessed after making that proclamation. During the struggle with the family in the confines of a hallway. But there was a problem. Larry Taylor died in a motorcycle crash in 1978. No other explanation was ever given for the tragedy. Then there is the 1930 murder of Logan Police Chief Roy Knotts, who was shot and killed on his first day on the job by Enoch Scaggs, a former Logan deputy and close ally of the Hatfield family, with Joe Hatfield serving as sheriff at the time of the killing at the Smoke House restaurant in Logan. We didn't simply focus on convicted criminals (although the list has its share), instead we decided to focus on people who were noteworthy for nefarious reasons, but who were not necessarily found guilty of a crime. It wasnt until early September 76 that Logan County learned that Mansfield was officially a missing person and his family hadnt seen him since December 31st. Dahmer killed 16 others in Wisconsin before being arrested in 1991. The victims were Lisa Watters and Andy Hussey. On Wednesday, August 18, 76, the day before the Schneiders demise, Jones approached me in the back of the circuit clerks office and told me with a smirk on his face, Somethin big and somethin bads gonna happen. The only big and bad thing that happened in Lincoln immediately following his ominous prediction was the Schneider triple homicide. Map Browse By State. But Ohio's Third District Court of Appeals ruled earlier this year that she should receive a new trial because her conviction had been largely based on the boy's testimony, according to The Toledo Blade. True Facts & Findings Copyright 2004, 2015 By Bonnie J. Thompson. Ahntastic Adventures in Silicon Valley As I look back, I can only assume that I was used as a bargaining chip by the murderer, Aaron Taylor wrote on a website dedicated to solving his mothers murder. Officers said Mrs. Serey had been despondent since the birth of her last child. The White male total Rose 103 per cent the Black male total 83 per cent. There were/are manyanomalies in the Schneider case, too many to bring out in this writing, but Ill mention a few. A squirrel hunter in woods 3 miles from the Heberts' home and a mile south of Mitchell DeWitt Road (near where Franklin, Delaware and Union counties meet) stumbled across a partially decomposed body that fall. The finalconfrontation was the most heated, and it was an enraged Pat Hanley who threatened toget andkill Lloyd Schneider. No one has seen him since that cold December day. Each of the identified victims were suspected to be prostitutes, and each of those women were believed to work at truck stops. Mastronardi and his insurance company also paid $3 million to Brabanders family, according to The Plain Dealer. Herman was found beaten to death inside. There was also other evidence that suggested Cindy met with foul play, in spite of no sign of forced entry. Login; Meigs County, OH Area Cold Cases. But he was arrested in 1946 for his involvement in a Dayton robbery. Fairfield Detective Doug Day said the department investigates all leads. Scott grew up in Henry County and later returned to Ohio, where he was charged with killing a man believed to be harboring his teenage son. Fischer killed Abi Matthews at her Malta home in 2009. He is now serving a sentence of life in prison. She even went as far as to travel to Marietta where she was able to find the house where she believed she lived during the past life as well as the gravesite of Sandra's grandmother. Gerald Hand remains on death row for the killing of his fourth wife Jill Hand and his friend Lonnie Welch in 2002. To request that an unsolved homicide be included in BCI's statewide database and featured on this website, Ohio law enforcement agencies should contact BCI at 855-BCI-OHIO (224-6446) or e-mail OhioUnsolvedHomicides@OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov and reference Ohio Unsolved Homicides. Jacob Nesbitt strangled his wife on Feb. 11, 1926. Roush was wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an assault rifle when he opened fire on deputies, according to WBNS-10TV. Detectives found both bodies on McKnight's property in Vinton County. Noting the pattern of the bullets and conditions of the bodies, according to police, it indicated that the killer was an excellent marksman.. Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout and wrote the comment "Wow!" Frederick Mundt has been sentenced to death for the 2004 kidnapping, rape and murder of his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter. Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer pleaded not guilty to dozens of drug and theft charges Aug. 24, 2016. Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime) Logan County violent crime is 11.1. On Aug. 4, 2016, a property owner was mowing grass between a wooded area and Alderlick Road in Wayne Township when he came across the body of 26-year-old Samantha Jo Stewart. Wells, 18, was found dead in the middle of a street in a retirement neighborhood that he had no known connection to, about 10 miles from his home in Bond Hill in June 1999. Then he and another man cut up their bodies and buried parts along the Hocking River. The facts and evidence support that Drabing did not act alone. She was presumed to be abducted from the legal office where she worked, despite the fact that all of the doors to the office were locked and there was an alarm to alert the store next door. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. The FBI, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Department of Homeland Security have worked with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and other agencies on the investigation. True Facts & Findings Copyright 2004, 2015 By Bonnie J. Thompson. The Lincoln PD said Smrekar admitted burying Martin under the new construction of I-55 (an area that can never be excavated), which was underway to replace Route 66 at the time of Ruths disappearance. Baumeister is also suspected of killing approximately 10 others and leaving their bodies along the Interstate 70 corridor to Columbus including in Darke and Preble counties. Historians believe McAdams described as a peculiar girl with cold eyes poisoned their food. Harrison had been raped and strangled before investigators found her body six days later. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Dahmer died in 1994 after a fellow inmate beat him to death in prison. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. When McClouds friends hadnt seen her for a few days, they grew worried and went to her apartment at 4996 Chatterton Road. Bob Ney served six terms in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 2006 before resigning amid the investigation into the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal. He claimed the killings were a premeditated dry-run for his continued plan of a revolution to exterminate the rich. Smrekar was arrested and charged with Theft Under $150, and Fry became a key witness in the case. On June 8th, 76, a family fishing in Kickapoo Creek Park (located a short distance across the highway from the Martin subdivision) found a partially burned, bloody T-shirt lying on a sandbar in the creek. Blood and a mutilated spent .22 caliber bullet were found in the Martin garage. McCoy told police that he heard only three shots during the night. Some of the counties were more difficult than others. Cutts is serving a sentence of life in prison. Ralph Ash has been sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for the murder of his ex-wife Tracy Heskett of Lewisville. CLEVELAND A couple from Canton has been desperate for answers after their elderly loved one was brutally murdered in a small Ohio town. Wesley Coonrod has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the deaths of his two young sons in an April 7, 2010 house fire. But the state's history also includes notorious figures such as bank robber John Dillinger and Watergate cover-up artist John Dean. James Litteral became the first Athens County convict to be executed in 1930. Interestingly, the T-shirt is the only item of evidence in the Martin case thats allegedly MISSING from the Lincoln PD, without explanation. Jerenique Cunningham and Cleveland Jackson have been sentenced to death for the execution-style killings of a 17-year-old girl and a 3-year-old girl in 2002. Legendary coach Woody Hayes was fired for punching Clemson linebacker Charlie Bauman in the aftermath. Mansfield failed to appear in court for the March hearing, and the matter was continued and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He then raped the girl before beheading both of the children, according to the website Forgotten Ohio. James Patrick Hanley was the Corporation Counsel for the Village of Skokie, IL (Cook County, Chicago) for some 13 years before he died in 2013, shortly before I released my trilogy. (The US average is 22.7) Logan County property crime is 32.7. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. Marysville native Nathan Gale killed Damageplan guitarist Dimebag Darrell Lance Albert who earlier founded Pantera and three others at a Dec. 8, 2004 concert in Columbus. Hopedale resident Matthew Dowdel committed Harrison County's first murder in more than a decade when he killed Joe Strother in 2014. Russ was a sociopath and a pathological liar who enjoyed leading people, especially police, on wildgoose chases. Prior to 2002, not many people knew much, or anything, about it. But she shot herself Oct. 2, 2000 as investigators arrived at her home, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said. She testified that Brent Anderson attacked her after she accused him of molesting their son, according to The Toledo Blade. Democrat Wayne Hays served in U.S. House of Representatives from 1949 to 1976 and was known for his firm rule of the Committee on House Administration. But his undoing came after former secretary Elizabeth Ray told The Washington Post that she had been hired to be Hays mistress. The 18-year-old then killed himself. Follow-up interrogation is in order. signal was a strong narrowband radio signal detected by Jerry R. Ehman on August 15, 1977, at the Big Ear radio telescope of Ohio State University, (then located at Ohio Wesleyan University's Perkins Observatory in Delaware.) On July 22, 1981, Herbert, 14, headed for the nearby Tag Market, at 9110 Dublin Road. Hoffman is incarcerated at the Allen Correctional Institution and is not eligible for parole. No one has seen him since that cold December day. She is an Ohio native with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from E.W. Investigators haven't named a suspect and won't tell whether they know why the murders happened. Meeker killed his wife Gertrude Meeker the previous year with a tire pump while they were riding in his car. The letters were written in block style and contained vindictive, violent and vulgar material. States Attorney Thompson and his assistant, John Foltz, offered to defer Mansfields charges if he would agree to turn states evidence and testify against Smrekar in the burglary case. Each victim leaves two young daughters behind. Schoolcraft was survived by a widow and six children. There were/are manyanomalies in the Schneider case, too many to bring out in this writing, but Ill mention a few. Nevertheless, as the days passed authorities investigating the triple slaying at King Shoals, despite police holding Ellis McCoy in jail for open questioning, as well as Tom Ratliff of King Shoals, authorities remained baffled as to how and why the trio was killed. Pidock pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Suzanne Brown in her apartment. The pair served time in juvenile detention centers and have since been released. Prior to the stabbings of Lloyd, Phyllis and Terri, two witnesses escaped through a bedroom window: the youngest Schneider daughter, 16, and Terri Schneiders boyfriend, 20. According to police, White had been living with Schoolcraft, who was found lying across the bed with one bullet hole in the left temple. BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Copyright 2013, 2015, 2017 By Bonnie J. Thompson. Somehow, Drabing managed to return to his mothers house (where he also lived) within 10-15minutes of the killings, by 11:40 PM. 1984 Leslie Cross. The death of Mrs. Serey was the 8th suicide of the year back in June 1952 a significant year in that it was a point in time when Logan County voters chose 9,311 to 2,745 to pass a referendum for using voting machines in future elections. The Toledo Blade's coverage of the Coingate scandal showed how Noe used cash and gifts to curry favor with state officials. Crime Map. The Berlin Reservoir killings: Two hunters in Deerfield County, Ohio came across a disturbing scene. #7 of 8 on. Willie McCloud' page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. The Evidence Receipt confirms the T-shirt was returned to the LPD on July 1, 76, and Krueger is the one who signed off for its return. Brabander had been fishing with his parents near Kelleys Island when Mastronardi rammed their boat with his speedboat. I witnessed suspicious events and circumstances surrounding the Schneider murders that caused me to believe Drabing did not act alone. Detectives said Myers planned the murder and robbery. I knew the whole family, and the Schneider triple homicide is what set me on this path for truth and justice. There is one other kicker to this story of unfortunate deaths in Logan County. During the struggle with the family in the confines of a hallway,left-handedDrabing sustained a deep, alleged self-inflicted slice wound on his outer right calf that bledprofusely.The three victims were stabbed sometime between 11:15 PM and 11:30 PM. When Drabing fled the bloodbath, he ran across the Schneiders recently mowed, expansive front lawn toward the gravel road in front of their property. Newton strangled the 27-year-old man with a cloth after the two fought over a chess match. Smrekar and Drabing were both Manson followers, and the Schneider murders were considered a Manson copycat crime. The new unit based at the. Thompson, 19, was a University of Cincinnati freshman on spring break when she disappeared in the spring of 1978. The Gallipolis native refused to testify in court marshal cases from the Abu Ghraib scandal and retired in 2006. Her body was found in a ditch days later, and investigators arrested Fox the next month. James Worley is charged with murder in the death of college student Sierah Joughin, who was found in a shallow grave on July 22, 2016. She was seen at the market talking on the payphone, and her bicycle was still out front when the store closed at 8 p.m. My father, Logan County States Attorney Roger W. Thompson (1972-1980), alerted authorities the morning of Oct. 10th that Jay Fry and Ruth Martin were witnesses in the Kroger shoplifting case. She was partially clothed and had been beaten and strangled. Sheriff's deputies called in the guardsmen to protect Mitchell from a mob outside the jail, according to The New York Times. The greatest hindrance in 76 was that forensic capabilities were not what they are today, but there are other bothersome things that I cant explain. Cleveland.com reporter Patrick Cooley contributed to this story. It is the right thing to do. Danielle Greene was born on the Fourth of July. Husband and wife Michael and Sharon Gravelle adopted 11 special needs children but kept them in cages at their Clarksfield Township home. The Wow! On Thursday, August 19, 76, wealthy Lincoln farmer Lloyd Schneider, his wife, Phyllis, and their daughter, Terri, 17, were murdered in their home stabbed a total of 90 TIMES. beside of it, which became the unofficial name of the signal. He apparently didnt say what he did with Mansfield. 04-17-94. Low 37F. Co-defendant Timothy Mosley who stabbed Justin Back nearly two-dozen times while Myers watched avoided the death penalty by testifying against Myers. Ariel Castro's kidnapping of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus attracted international attention when the women escaped his Cleveland house in 2013. Ohio city ranked second safest small city or town in U.S. 'The final straw;' Mikesell's . Union County Sheriffs Office information page on Joanne Hebert, New owner of Ameristop in Hamilton is making big changes to store, West Chester closer to having a full-time fire department, Free LocalMotive service in Hamilton set to launch later this spring. He convinced an accomplice to lure a child into the woods and feed her arsenic laced-candy. Bob and Kathy Kennedy told us they had been running into. Trends Analytics. The history of Logan County is vast, and its longtime existence is marked by numerous tales of murder, beginning as far back as the 1700s when Aracoma and her tribe were attacked at what is now Midelburg Island in Logan. In Ohio, some residents are wondering if the same killer is targeting young women in and around the city of Columbus. Invalid password or account does not exist. I never heard Drabing or Jones say a word, but they were right beside Hanley, in Hanleys Chevy pickup, when the exchange took place. His accomplice Eve Irene Kelley is serving more than 15 years in prison for her role in the murder. Search for: View All Cold Cases. The signal lasted for a full 72 seconds and indicted a non-terrestrial and non-Solar System origin. It is also of importance because it was a historical juncture in local television history as a Huntington television station WSAZ-TV received permits for installation of equipment that made it the most powerful television station in the world. The April 2016 murders of. Im asking the public and the media those of you reading this to take an interest in these unsolved/unresolved murders Ive been reinvestigating for nearly 20 years. He is now serving nine consecutive life sentences at Corcoran State Prison. On June 8th, 76, a family fishing in Kickapoo Creek Park (located a short distance across the highway from the Martin subdivision) found a partially burned, Ruth Martins remains have never been found. Missing persons, signs of extra terrestrial life and thousands of anonymous, vindictive letters are just a few of the uncanny happenings in Ohio that have yet to be solved over the years in spite of ongoing investigations.

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