Low 37F. If you have information, call Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463. James Litteral became the first Athens County convict to be executed in 1930. Cepec bludgeoned Munz with a hammer before he strangled him with a lamp cord, records show. Here are the 50 mysteries that just might have a chance at being solved. This data is not from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Nobody knows. PAULDING, Ohio (WTVG) - One man was arrested and charged with two counts of murder in relation to a double homicide on Thursday. ASHTABULA A 53-year-old woman is charged with the murder of Chad Fitzer, 48, of Ashtabula, . Cleveland.com has assembled a list of notorious figures from each of Ohio's 88 counties. But Ward, Simons and Capt. downtown, and one Friday afternoon he walked out of the building with $215,000 in cash tucked in a brown paper bag and promptly disappeared. But he was arrested in 1946 for his involvement in a Dayton robbery. Hensley later strangled a fellow prison inmate in 2002, according to the Associated Press. 11. Who Was the Mad Butcher of Kingsbury Run? You can also search the Ohio Attorney Generals cold case database here,find more information on unsolved homicides on the Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers websiteand browse the Cleveland Division of Police missing persons database here. The key to solving the case may be finding how and when Amy crossed paths with several other girls who received calls from this man in 1989. Her husband, wealthy osteopath Sam Sheppard, claimed he was sleeping downstairs when he heard cries. "They didn't kill her," Hughart says. Linda Hughart got the call around 6 a.m. Sept. 19, 1981. Richey returned to prison in 2012 when, after moving to Mississippi, he drunkenly phoned and threatened a common pleas judge, according to The Toledo Blade. Tree Pratt raised his son, Jeramy, but never remarried. "Give this family some peace." Those with information should call Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers at 216-252-7463. The Troy resident claimed he found Frances Nesbitt dead in a bathtub but eventually confessed to the murder. Chardon High School shooter T.J. Lane killed three students and wounded three others when he opened fire at the school on Feb. 27, 2012. "Somebody ought to be courageous, step up to the plate and tell us what they know," Vaughan says. ASHTABULA, Ohio (WJW) - It's been 26 years since family and friends last spoke to Anna Zirkle. It's been two years since Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight returned from the dead, catapulting Cleveland into the national spotlight once again, just as we were beginning to forget about Anthony Sowell and his house of a thousand corpses. Anyone with information. Jeramy was still dressed in the night clothes that bore a spot of his mother's blood below the neckline, where she'd checked to make sure he was still breathing in the wake of the murder. At the time, Kupchik worked at the Steak 'n Shake in Brunswick, with some very unsavory characters. They say Colley was sensitive to any noise that would have interrupted his wife's sleep and was quick to complain if the other tenants so much as sneezed. There was blood in the detached garage and on a bedspread that belonged to Mullins. Dan had been released that day from the psych ward. The family, however, insists Anita was committed to Tree. I'm not putting myself through that." Based on tips from her classmates, police quickly focused on the weird kid in school, Kevin Young. Police long suspected the stepfather but he never confessed to the crime. I cry in my sleep." Name: Date: Victims: Location : A: Elias ABUELAZAM: 2009 - 2010: 5: Ohio, USA: Elias ACEVEDO Sr.: 1994 - 1995: 2: Ohio, USA: Bennie ADAMS: December 29, 1985: 1: Ohio . Buell received a death sentence and died by lethal injection in 2002. I used to write about crime for Scene. He left behind $82,000 and several strange electrical gadgets he'd designed. The case remains open. Kyle Davis (Photo courtesy: Ohio Attorney Generals Office). ASHTABULA COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) - Two men and one woman are in custody and charged in connection with the murder of a 46-year-old Ashtabula woman. Editor's note: This story contains graphic details of a murder that occurred 25 years ago in Ashtabula. Wayne Calvin Griffith was last seen in Ashtabula . Kenneth Richey spent more than two decades on Ohio's death row for setting a fire that killed a 2-year-old girl in 1987. The prisoners controlled the Lucasville facility for 11 days the longest prison uprising in U.S. history before authorities regained control. Jonni Clemett (Photo courtesy: Ohio Attorney Generals Office). Colley would tell family that he heard Anita's son, Jeramy, crying and went across the hall to investigate. Other believed the real killer moved away and to safer killing fields. His mother and father-in-law had moved - - across the hall into the apartment where Anita was murdered, their bed in the same spot where Anita's was. My dad, Anita, Joey who's going to be next? There was not a place on her body that wasn't stabbed - except her baby." Months later, Sarah Rae Boehms body is discovered a half mile away. The Mystery: Douglas Shaw taught urban studies at the University of Akron for 32 years before someone killed him inside his own home, striking him on the head with some blunt instrument. Castro kidnapped the three women from 2002 to 2004 and imprisoned them in his basement. 7. Who Killed Anita Pratt and Her Unborn Baby? Warren Township resident Noal Quattlebaum strangled his girlfriend to death in 2008. Anita Pratt had told Linda Hughart that if she bore a girl, she planned to name it "Jennifer." MORE: The search to identify the remains of 103 people found in Ohio. Anyone with information is urged to call the Alliance Police Department. He also has a gut feeling Colley knew the knife was in there. 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. Steubenville High School football players Ma'lik Richmond and Trent Mays both 16 at the time were convicted in juvenile court for the Aug. 11, 2012 rape of a West Virginia girl. He'd planned to make a career of it, but after seeing the murder scene, he had to return home and try to find his sister's murderer. Part 2 of a series "Anita was butchered," Vaughan says. CONNEAUT, Ohio Joshua Gurto, 41, who is charged with the murder of a 13-month-old in 2017, now faces felony charges related to a 2004 unsolved rape after evidence reviewed by the Ohio. Simons says Colley suggested that a magnet be dropped down the heat ducts of the house where Anita was murdered in an attempt to locate the missing murder weapon. Canadian businessman Ollie Mastronardi served nearly four years in prison for the drunken boating accident that killed Scott Brabander in 1995. Schlichters gambling addiction dogged him throughout his life and led to multiple stints in prison. Learn more about our streaming options here. Read 20 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. But she shot herself Oct. 2, 2000 as investigators arrived at her home, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said. Bruce stabbed and strangled the three women, all of whom were known prostitutes, according to court records. Her murder may be linked to the April 2005 death of Donna Pittinger, whose body was found floating in the Tuscarawas. Crime Stoppers is offering a $5,000 reward. Hoffman is incarcerated at the Allen Correctional Institution and is not eligible for parole. Legendary coach Woody Hayes was fired for punching Clemson linebacker Charlie Bauman in the aftermath. Hoffman hid their bodies inside a tree in the Kokosing Lake Wildlife Area, according to The Columbus Dispatch. "We loved her very much. The FBI and local law enforcement agencies are sharing information about four unsolved murders, which share common elements, in Northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania. He claimed the girl went missing and even volunteered to help search for her before she was found dead in a well. Analia Zavodny, 24, worked as the night manager at the Alamo Apartments on Broadway Avenue. Cleo Vernon Keaton was sentenced to death for the 1965 killing of a Williamsport man while he was fleeing charges related to the slaying of two men in a Dayton bar, according to a 1967 edition of The Ottumwa Courier. If I could find out one thing before I die, that's what I would want to find out, who did it and why." No one will ever know - the house was razed several years ago. Some of the counties were more difficult than others. Lindsey shot Donald Hoop twice in the head outside the Mount Orab bar owned by Hoop and her husband. A $10,000 reward is available. The sadistic predator cut the bodies into pieces and sometimes only torsos were found. Daniel Bixler has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison for the 2011 murder of a Findlay woman. MORE: Help find who killed 14-year-old Leslie Cross nearly 4 decades ago. The 14-year-olds parents reported her missing on July 14, 1994 from Beaver County, Pennsylvania. "I searched everything I could in the house, the grounds," he says. The 21-year-old was found dead in his Tremont apartment with his hands and feet bound. I'll tell you the truth, I hit the bottle. To this day, she grieves for her sister, as well as her own son, Joey, who was murdered nine years ago. 1. "He was always too cooperative," says Simons. Pidock pleaded guilty to fatally shooting Suzanne Brown in her apartment. Brabander had been fishing with his parents near Kelleys Island when Mastronardi rammed their boat with his speedboat. Hedrick died by electrocution, according to The Athens Messenger. "She fought like hell. Former Gov. Based on tips from her classmates, police quickly focused on the weird kid in. Annette Lawrence (Photo: Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers), Annette Lawrence A gray car pulled up behind them and Johnson got in. Tyler concocted a plan to trick people into thinking he could use his "clairvoyant powers" to find the body. Parsons eluded authorities for 83 days before being captured in Chillicothe. Harrison had been raped and strangled before investigators found her body six days later. If you know anything, do get in touch with them and, of course, with us. John Hedrick killed seven people before being executed in 1926 for the murder of James McCumber of Meigs County. Jazmine Trotter He's also been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of his friend Gregory Julious. Jacob Nesbitt initially received a lifetime prison sentence but was released after 10 years, according to the New York Daily News. In the minds of the family members, Lawrence "Tree" Pratt was never a suspect. "I noticed he was more than anxious to offer information," Simons says. Ariel Castro's kidnapping of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus attracted international attention when the women escaped his Cleveland house in 2013. "They were not content to stab her in the heart, they were not content to slit her throat. He would drink a fifth and it would knock him out," Darlene Vaughan says. He walked in there and hit the floor. Search Ohio homicide victims by name, city or keywords. 1968 Cassidy family murderOn April 1, 1968, a triple murder shocked the small farm town of Milan three members of a well-loved family were slain in the dead of the night. Welch conspired with Hand in the unsolved murders of Hands first two wives in 1976 and 1979, witnesses said at trial. Everyone thought his name was Joseph Newton Chandler, but when police notified his next of kin, they discovered the real Joseph Newton Chandler died in 1945. She never made it. Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio by Jane Ann Turzillo Unsolved Murders & Disappearances in Northeast Ohio book. Bica had for months told others she was pregnant and claimed the baby as her own. A photo of his late mother hangs in the living room of Jeramy Pratt's home. At about the same time, his car is located on fire on McCracken Boulevard. Not all of them are murders but we do seem to have more than our fair share of those too. These are the unsolved murders that haunt Northeast Ohio. A Florida jury convicted him in 1992 and he died by lethal injection in 2008. I saw her hand prints on the rails, where she reached in there to check on Jeramy." 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. MORE: The man behind Cleveland's brutal torso murders. I said 'What are you talking about? Having problems watching FOX 8 on antenna? Charles Hart became one of Paulding County's earliest recorded executions when he hanged in 1895. But the state of Ohio did not execute anyone from 1963 to 1999, and Keaton is not listed in state Department of Rehabilitation and Correction execution records. Joughin's murder has garnered attention from outlets such as People and The Daily Mail. Witnesses reported seeing her with a man who walked her through the parking lot. "Tree was the only one I never suspected. There were no two ways about that." The Abduction and Murder of Amy Mihaljevic. Goff had delivered furniture to the house earlier that day and went back to commit a robbery, according to court records. Amy Mihaljevic Historians believe McAdams described as a peculiar girl with cold eyes poisoned their food. There were several suspects, but no one was charged. He's tired of getting let down. Published: Dec. 8, 2022 at 3:21 PM PST ASHTABULA, Ohio (WOIO) - Ashtabula County Sheriffs Deputies on Thursday arrested and charged a man in connection to a double homicide in Paulding County. Former superintendent Mike McVey had also been accused of misleading authorities investigating the case. Jacob Nesbitt strangled his wife on Feb. 11, 1926. Send tips to Bay Village Police: 440-871-1234. Cleveland.comcompiled what we believe is the definitive list of the most infamous person from each of Ohio's 88 counties. Police say that Anita was part of a network of young men and women with complex and intertwined relationships often driven by passion rather than commitment. Wayne Calvin Griffith was. The products have a streamlined appearance that is excellent for any style. 1982 Twinsburg skull and bonesThe skull and bones belonging to an unidentified man were found scattered off Cannon Road in Twinsburg in 1982. "If I had to say right now, I'd have to go with him," Simons says. The notorious bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd committed crimes across the U.S. and became the FBI's Public Enemy No. "I don't feel like I have to defend myself again," Pratt said in an interview. Her stepfather, Bill Colley, who lived across the hall from her apartment, told police he found the front door open and her child crying inside. Brandon Cartellone (Photo courtesy: Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers), Brandon Cartellone Co-defendant Timothy Mosley who stabbed Justin Back nearly two-dozen times while Myers watched avoided the death penalty by testifying against Myers. Dahmer killed his first victim, Steven Hicks, the same year and buried Hicks body behind his house. Her children say she would have been physically unable to commit the crime, and the medications she took knocked her out cold. I'm scared to death every time a cop comes to the door." Steven Cepec has been sentenced to death for the June 3, 2010 murder of Paul Munz in Chatham Township. John Dean was born in Akron and grew up in Marion before he served as counsel to President Richard Nixon. She was taken from the Bay Square Shopping Center in Bay Village in October of 1989 after the abductor purportedly contacted the child by phone to discuss purchasing a gift for her mother. Investigators found 11 bodies buried at Herb Baumeisters farm outside Indianapolis in 1996. Hardin County resident Terry D. Shepherd is serving three life sentences for the 2008 murders of two women there and one in adjacent Wyandot County. "They put some time into it." The list of suspects included both males and females who could have, because of those passions, had reason for killing Anita. Ashland County Sheriff's Office via The Times Gazette via AP. Most of the male victims had been castrated, too. Roush was wearing a bulletproof vest and armed with an assault rifle when he opened fire on deputies, according to WBNS-10TV. But Traficant was acquitted after he told a jury he had been conducting a secret sting operation. Occasionally, there may be duplicate crimes. Bill Colley, Anita's step-father who lived across the hall from the one-bedroom apartment, made the discovery. Quattlebaum committed suicide in prison in 2013, according to The Marietta Times. Hand received the death penalty for killing a 7-year-old boy with a hammer in Rockford. We set out to identify and answer the question: "Who is the most notorious person from each county?" In 1980, the FBI charged the then-Mahoning County sheriff of accepting bribes from mobsters. Kinley remains on Ohio's death row following his 1991 conviction. 'She's dead! His manager, Brian Weaver, had a couple felonies for creating ghost employees when he was a manager at Wendy's (where Joe also worked). Dec. 15, 1982, Cleveland Heights. Cutts is serving a sentence of life in prison. The list includes people who were born in, lived in or committed a notable act in each county. He's still searching for Anita's murderer. High 43F. Who killed William, Ann, and 12-year-old Patricia Cassidy? The Toledo Blade's coverage of the Coingate scandal showed how Noe used cash and gifts to curry favor with state officials. The self-described angel of death claims he killed terminally ill or mortally injured patients to end their suffering from 1970 to 1987. Members of the Painesville Police Department and the U.S.. Joy Major Hoop hired Carl G. Lindsey to kill her husband on Feb. 10, 1997. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. You have permission to edit this article. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. On March 13, 1987, she was found dead there from several knife wounds. She was stabbed 11 times. The Mystery: On a Friday afternoon, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was abducted from the shopping plaza across from the Bay Village police station as every officer in the city was getting their pictures taken. Frederick Mundt has been sentenced to death for the 2004 kidnapping, rape and murder of his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter. Worley is scheduled to stand trial next year. In November 1980, someone stabbed this educated, kind man to death in his Lakewood apartment. Detectives said Myers planned the murder and robbery. Sonya Green was last seen walking to school near her East Cleveland home. I think the police shrugged her off. Dean died two years later by electrocution, according to The Clermont Sun. Joseph Mullins, 57, was last seen at his house on Infirmary Road in Mantua Township on Dec. 19, 2014. Seven adults and a teenage boy were found shot to death at four homes in the southern Ohio community. Murders and disappearances dig holes in the hearts of those family members and friends who are left behind to sort things out. The evidence suggests a woman or a very weak man actually committed the crime. Ashley Summers age progression (Photo: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children). Gladys Ruby Colley died in 1990. ASHTABULA A grieving sister is counting on community support to help keep a man behind bars convicted of kidnapping, killing and raping her sister. Former Lucas County Republican Party chairman Tom Noe is serving 18 years in prison for taking $13.7 million from $50 million the state's Bureau of Worker's Compensation invested in rare-coin funds. Cepec became the first person to receive the death penalty in Medina County in 60 years, according to The Medina Gazette. He is now serving nine consecutive life sentences at Corcoran State Prison. 1 after John Dillinger's death in 1934. Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer lived in Bath and graduated in 1978 from Revere High School. Shepherd previously served 21 years in prison for a 1985 rape conviction, according to The Columbus Dispatch. His crimes occurred in Ohio and West Virginia. Richard Clark Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend and another man in 2003. "I'm worried about who's going to be next," Darlene says. If you have information, please call the Cleveland Division of Police. James Renner "I think I would have gone out of my mind if I'd seen her face," says Hughart, who went to the crime scene while Anita's body was still on the floor of the bedroom. Cuyahoga County Crime Stoppers accepts anonymous tips at 216-252-7463. Some family members also place Colley high on their lists of suspects. "(Tree) collapsed," says Sweeney. Travis Lee Fischer was just 17 years old when he raped and killed a woman authorities described as being like a mother to him. murder, but police have yet to make an arrest. Not one person has come forward. Give Light and the People Will Find Their Own Way, Search continues for hit-skip driver who killed 14-year-old Chelsea Hill, Darla Kustra vanished, leaving only severed foot behind, Amy Mihaljevic was kidnapped in 1989, and police are still searching for her killer, Possible suspect may have called Amy Mihaljevic prior to her disappearance in 1989, Help find who killed 14-year-old Leslie Cross nearly 4 decades ago, The search to identify the remains of 103 people found in Ohio. Prosecutors said the Greenfield man set the fire that killed the 4- and 3-year-old boys, but a jury was hung on aggravated murder and arson charges. Dean later spent four years in prison for his role in the Watergate cover-up that ended in the president's resignation. 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