Ted Strickland cited a lack of physical evidence in the case when he commuted Spirko's death sentence in 2008, according to The Toledo Blade. Winds SW at 5 to 10 mph.. Clear skies. I was 19 and a deputy circuit clerk at the Logan County courthouse in76 when Ruth Martin disappeared and the Schneiders were so horrifically slain. 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. Cleveland.com has assembled a list of notorious figures from each of Ohio's 88 counties. But Traficant was acquitted after he told a jury he had been conducting a secret sting operation. 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. Nine inmates and one corrections officer died after 450 inmates rioted and took control of the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility on Easter Sunday in 1993. 47 Years Since the Disappearance of Michael Mansfield why have authorities failed to investigate important new leads? Shane Roush has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in a shootout that seriously injured a Morrow County Sheriff's deputy in 2010. I was on Russells visitors list and had tentative plans to meet with him at Menard. Jeffrey Lundgren and nine others were the subject of a nationwide manhunt that ended in their arrests near the California border to Mexico. Nancy Schneider, the eldest of the three Schneider daughters,had a huge outdoor party at the Schneider farm one monthprior to the stabbings. Gerald Hand remains on death row for the killing of his fourth wife Jill Hand and his friend Lonnie Welch in 2002. Legendary coach Woody Hayes was fired for punching Clemson linebacker Charlie Bauman in the aftermath. Historians are divided as to whether Floyd participated in the Kansas City massacre that killed four law enforcement officers in 1933. Detectives said Roush had more than 1,000 marijuana plants growing behind his rural home. The case was featured in a 2009 episode of the Investigation Discovery series "Forensics: You Decide," according to The Springfield News-Sun. Hall, who suffered a brain injury as a child, was ruled incompetent to stand trial. Incident location: Cincinnati, Ohio. Dwight Williamson: Logan County history filled with unsolved murders. Mansfield signed the Deferral of Prosecution Agreement on Dec. 18th and then went home to spend the Christmas/New Years holidays with his family. James Litteral became the first Athens County convict to be executed in 1930. An Auglaize County jury acquitted Kim Anderson after she claimed self-defense in the Sept. 2, 2001 shooting death of her second husband. Cold cases and unsolved crimes in Meigs County, OH. Whether this is a true example of reincarnation or not is unknown. Larry Taylor died in a motorcycle crash in 1978. He had a deep cut in his neck and and suffered further injuries to his head and one arm. Cunningham and Jackson are in custody at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Fischer has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder. No part of these e-books may be copied, reproduced, sold, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author. Kori Glossetts page from the Missing Persons Database. David Lance Bruce is serving a lifetime prison sentence for the murders of three women in Fairfield and Delaware counties during a three-month span in 2004 and 2005. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As we showed you earlier this month, the Buckeye state has its share of famous natives. Crime is ranked on a scale of 1 (low crime) to 100 (high crime) Logan County violent crime is 11.1. Scott Moody shot and killed his mother, his grandparents and two friends at his family's Bellefontaine farmhouse on May 29, 2005. Belt pleaded guilty to tax evasion and prostitution charges and spent four years in a federal prison in Arizona, according to The Toledo Gazette. The car showed signs of having been driven off the beaten track, and it was later learned that Ruth had the right front tire filled on June 1st because of a slow leak. Hensley later strangled a fellow prison inmate in 2002, according to the Associated Press. Harris and Dylan Klebold opened fire at their high school on April 20, 1999, killing 13 people and wounding two-dozen others before committing suicide. Dwight Williamson serves as magistrate in Logan County. Theres no other way to put it the Indians were murdered. Kinley remains on Ohio's death row following his 1991 conviction. Id previously met with Drabing at Menard in August 2004, but after the life-threatening, suspicious circumstances that unfolded on that day, I was in no hurry to meet with Smrekar. The victims were Lisa Watters and Andy Hussey. On Dec. 21, 1983, her husband, Richard Zastudil, left for work about 7:15 a.m. and her kids got on the school bus an hour later. 37 Fairfield Detective Doug Day said the department investigates all leads. 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. Herman Browns page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. Post author: Post published: February 17, 2023 Post category: recent car accidents in new mexico 2022 recent car accidents in new mexico 2022 Hensley hanged himself in his cell in 2015. Patrick Pidock has been sentenced to 18 years to life in prison for the 2012 murder of his girlfriend in New Lexington. The bodies were found by Ellis McCoy, who was said to have lived near the cabin. Drabing claimed he parked his car a mile to 2 miles from the Schneider residence and walked through fields to get to their house. Detectives found both bodies on McKnight's property in Vinton County. In light of Kruegers egregious lies and the importance of the details relating to the T-shirt, that evidence most assuredly did not disappear (if its really missing) by accident, and it also didnt sprout legs and walk out of the LPD on its own. 11 unsolved cases Ohio's new cold case unit will investigate Manson later relocated to California and formed the cult responsible for nine murders in 1969. Mrs. Whites survivors included her father, Jeff Jackson of Lundale; her mother, Mrs. Virginia Jackson; one sister, Miss Lorraine Jackson of Williamson; and two brothers, Herman Jackson of Lundale and Matt Jackson of Williamson. For women the figures were or 140 per cent. Historians believe McAdams described as a peculiar girl with cold eyes poisoned their food. During this passage of time, Krueger should have been investigated and interrogated about the bloody T-shirt and his blatant lies to former States Attorney Thompson and to me. Former Gov. You will receive your first email soon. The 40-year-old Shawn Grate was arrested in September 2016 and is charged with aggravated murder in the deaths of two women. Produce employee Jay Alvin Fry had seen Smrekar lift the steaks and stick them under his jacket. BOONE COUNTY, KY (WXIX) - One of Boone County's most horrific killings remains unsolved nearly 12 years later, but the detectives working the Stephenson case are leaving no stone unturned. "She was an intelligent, attractive young woman. TOLEDO, Ohio A nearly 21-year cold case may be one step closer to closure with the indictment of a suspect in the murder of a 19-year-old Toledo woman. Vicki Riffle Dylewski, 25, was murdered on April 20, 1981. Crime in Logan County, Ohio - Best Places 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. Former Canton police officer Bobby Lee Cutts killed his ex-girlfriend Jessie Davis and their unborn child in 2007. 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. There is one other kicker to this story of unfortunate deaths in Logan County. Anyone With A Heart Will Love The New Ohio Law That Just Went Into Effect, The 15 Downright Scariest Things To Ever Come Out Of Ohio, History Has Forgotten This Bizarre Ohio Event From 90 Years Ago. 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. They found the 56-year-old dead inside in May 2005. Dean later spent four years in prison for his role in the Watergate cover-up that ended in the president's resignation. Map Browse By State. Former superintendent Mike McVey had also been accused of misleading authorities investigating the case. Russell Smrekar appeared in Thorntons court for his continued hearings on the two theft cases. 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. 1976 Logan County murders and probable cover-up - Buried Truth Georgia Rudolph of Macon, Georgia claims she is the reincarnated spirit of a Marietta woman named Sandra J. Jenkins, who commited suicide in 1911. The finalconfrontation was the most heated, and it was an enraged Pat Hanley who threatened toget andkill Lloyd Schneider. Mansfield, 19, was a somewhat shy, non-confrontational Lincoln College honor student from Rolling Meadows, IL. Richard Clark Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend and another man in 2003. 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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. He put on his buckskin coat and walked out the front door, leaving his wallet behind. Get even more stories delivered right to your email. 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. The murders occurred in Belmont, Coshocton, Muskingum, Noble and Tuscarawas counties. Invalid password or account does not exist. The evidence encircling the T-shirt also supports that the person(s) who tried to destroy the shirt had been inside the Martin Catalina. 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. Farmhand Louis Hand executed at 17 years old in 1944 is among the youngest people executed in state history. Johnson threatened the woman with a knife and forced her to give him $1,000, claiming her son had been kidnapped. Marc Hoover: Ohio's strangest unsolved homicides Ruth disappeared on a weekday during morning hours, sometime around 9:15. John Spirko Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for the 1982 murder of Elgin postmaster Betty Jane Mottinger. Ehman circled the signal on the computer printout and wrote the comment "Wow!" Each served two years in prison. The list includes people who were born in, lived in or committed a notable act in each county. Russell Smrekar died in October 2011. A Champaign County jury convicted Neal at trial in 2000. I believe the cover-up began with the Martin case and then escalated and deepened with the event of the Schneider murders. Travis Lee Fischer was just 17 years old when he raped and killed a woman authorities described as being like a mother to him. According to police, White had been living with Schoolcraft, who was found lying across the bed with one bullet hole in the left temple. William A. Krueger and Thomas Maurer were the leading Lincoln PD detectives assigned to the Martin case in 76, and both men lied to me about the facts pertaining to the T-shirt.