Ted, who was studying engineering at Ohio State University at the time of Vicki's murder in 1981, said he and his sister were a lot alike. 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. Extensive investigations throughout the years have linked the murders together, though the killer has never been identified and the murders remain unsolved. He reportedly made adeathbed confession to killing Mansfield and Martin before expiring from a terminal illness at Menard Penitentiary. The biggest red flag was thatno blood or trace evidence was found in Drabings Ford Torinodespite the victims having been stabbed 90 times, despite Drabingsprofusely bleeding leg wound, and despite the dirt and blades of dead grass found on Drabings blood-soaked jeans. Taylors husband found her beaten and apparently raped at their home on Oct. 29, 1966. The 42-year-old sheriff has refused to resign after being indicted. The Wackers both passed away in recent years, and the case was never solved. Lillian "Ginger" Tailford Belt spent nearly two decades overseeing a popular brothel in Ottawa County. A jogger found her. Irwin said the Cold Case Unit is investigating the case at the request of Fairfield police. My father, Logan County States Attorney Roger W. Thompson (1972-1980), alerted authorities the morning of Oct. 10, 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. Roberts then drove to his mother's house in Columbus and got into a shootout with police. In 2 hours, the Logan County Sheriff's department ruled the case a murder suicide and that Scott had killed his family before killing himself with a .22 caliber rifle. Following his arrest, information began to surface about another probable victim, Michael David Mansfield. Mansfield denied involvement in the burglary and said he knew nothing about the stolen guitar, but he was arrested and charged with Theft By Possession. Maurer, whos now unfortunately deceased, claimed in March of 2002 that he didnt know anything about a T-shirt. Name. After working a 48-hour shift at the hospital, the nurse anesthetist told her mother around 4 p.m. that she was going out for a jog. Ariel Castro's kidnapping of Michelle Knight, Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus attracted international attention when the women escaped his Cleveland house in 2013. Eight women were found murdered in the late 80s and 90s along major interstates in Ohio. It was suspected by many that an accomplice had driven Drabing home, and the number one named suspect was Pat Hanley. Former superintendent Mike McVey had also been accused of misleading authorities investigating the case. In 2009, a Lorain County judge sentenced him to at least 23 years in prison. 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. It's never been solved. She was subpoenaed for the second trial, but it was declared a mistrial before she testified. The signal has never been detected again. 4. Meeker killed his wife Gertrude Meeker the previous year with a tire pump while they were riding in his car. There were/are manyanomalies in the Schneider case, too many to bring out in this writing, but Ill mention a few. 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. Jerenique Cunningham and Cleveland Jackson, Former U.S. Rep. Donald Edgar "Buz" Lukens. His crimes occurred in Ohio and West Virginia. 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. Scott Moody shot and killed his mother, his grandparents and two friends at his family's Bellefontaine farmhouse on May 29, 2005. Choose wisely! Surveillance video showed him shoot both at a sportsman's association clubhouse in Carey, according to The Courier of Findlay. She was last seen at 1:15 a.m. near Fifth and Madison in Covington, Kentucky, attempting to obtain a ride to her home in Latonia, Kentucky. Cleveland.com has assembled a list of notorious figures from each of Ohio's 88 counties. Historians believe McAdams described as a peculiar girl with cold eyes poisoned their food. The mob eventually overwhelmed deputies and guardsmen and lynched Mitchell outside the jail. A Franklin County civil jury later rejected the argument that she had been in imminent danger and ordered her to pay $540,000 to Brent Andersons family. The letters continued to arrive in residents' mailboxesboth city officials and average citizens alike until the late 90s. beside of it, which became the unofficial name of the signal. We won't share it with anyone else. 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. Clearly, these murders should be reinvestigated by agencies, Bonnie J. Thompson, Investigative Writer/Author, (These books are available in eBook format only -. Drabing lost his unloaded J.C. Higgins revolver in the struggle with Lloyd. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. The resulting gunfight ended in Floyds death on Oct. 22, 1934. Cepec bludgeoned Munz with a hammer before he strangled him with a lamp cord, records show. The burglary case was then dismissed with leave to reinstate, and Smrekar was refunded $450. Russell Smrekar appeared in Thorntons court for his continued hearings on the two theft cases. Police found the couples toddler with injured in his crib, and Taylor died on the way to the hospital. That was a complete falsehood, for he wrote the report on that evidence and submitted the T-shirt to the Illinois State Crime Lab for testing. 1984 Leslie Cross. 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. He has been sentenced to life in prison. Co-defendant Timothy Mosley who stabbed Justin Back nearly two-dozen times while Myers watched avoided the death penalty by testifying against Myers. The police investigated several leads, including one that involved an unidentified man spray painting "I Love You Cindy" on a wall near her office, but she was never found. The motive was a robbery to pay for cocaine, prosecutors said. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. 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. CLEVELAND, Ohio -- As we showed you earlier this month, the Buckeye state has its share of famous natives. Former Gov. As for Mansfield, there was very little evidence in his case, which has made his murder the toughest one to solve. When Drabing fled the bloodbath, he ran across the Schneiders recently mowed, expansive front lawn toward the gravel road in front of their property. Ence Day and thanksgiving. Charles Manson was born in Cincinnati but spent the better part of his childhood in West Virginia and various correctional institutions. The notorious bank robber Charles Arthur "Pretty Boy" Floyd committed crimes across the U.S. and became the FBI's Public Enemy No. Marvin Johnson is awaiting execution on Ohio's death row for the Aug. 15, 2003 rape and robbery of his ex-girlfriend and the murder of her son. It spurred a lot of debate, but we've come up with what we think is the most completelist of current and former Ohioans who are known for all the wrong reasons. Farmhand Louis Hand executed at 17 years old in 1944 is among the youngest people executed in state history. Search Ohio homicide victims by name, city or keywords. Sheriff Henry declared the mystery solved: "It was horribly tragic, a murder/suicide case."Three days later, Stacy woke up in intensive care. Notorious bank robber John Dillinger and his gang hit a Fostoria bank in 1933 and evaded capture, according to the Tiffin Police Department. Following his conviction, Hanley and Jones pursued law degrees and became attorneys. Someone saw him doing it and reported him to the student activities director. Hensley hanged himself in his cell in 2015. He also went outside to look for the two who escaped, but he couldnt find them either. The new unit based at the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation reaches out to local law enforcement agencies to initiate a fresh look at unsolved cases. The Berlin Reservoir killings: Two hunters in Deerfield County, Ohio came across a disturbing scene. 1 after John Dillinger's death in 1934. One of her coworkers was surprised to find that Cindy's book that she was reading was opened to the only violent part of the book. 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. Her dismembered body was found in Miami County, Clark County, and Champaign County, over a 15-mile radius. 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. This is perplexing and makes me wonder if my father was fully aware of all the evidence in the Schneider case. Kruegers lies have been exceptionally profound everything hes claimed about the T-shirt directly opposes established documented facts. He put on his buckskin coat and walked out the front door, leaving his wallet behind. 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. Like the feud, it is a Logan County historical masterpiece. Detectives said Myers planned the murder and robbery. According to investigators, on Sunday, May 29th 2005, the morning he was to graduate high school, Scott Moody walked across his family's failing dairy farm to his grandparents' farmhouse and shot them both dead with a .22-caliber rifle. 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. Logan County authorities are ignoring the new information, facts, and evidence Ive brought forth in the Martin and Schneider cases. Austin Myers became Ohios youngest death row inmate when a judge sentenced the 19-year-old to death for the 2014 murder of a childhood friend. 8 unsolved murders in the Miami Valley. Each served two years in prison. Angela Kilgore Age. Each victim leaves two young daughters behind. But it was taken away from her." She would be the only survivor. Unsolved Mysteries Of The 1970s That Still Keep Us Up At Night. George D. Davis II, of Cincinnati, was sent to prison for drug trafficking, importuning, and having weapons under disability for attempting to exchange heroin for sex with Johnson, but was never charged in connection with her slaying. Jones is still living, and so is Drabing. Jones is still living, and so is Drabing. There's at least one county we believe the most notorious person still hasn't been identified and remains at large. Police said it appeared the older child had been holding a bottle of milk for his brother when the mother shot them both in their heads. When she's not on deadline or chasing after her toddler, she's hunting for hidden gems in Ohio or getting lost in a good book. I never heard Drabing or Jones say a word, but they were right beside Hanley, in Hanleys Chevy pickup, when the exchange took place.
