Prohibition-era gangster Adelard Cunin better known as Bugs Moran rose to prominence in Chicago. I knew the whole family, and the Schneider triple homicide is what set me on this path for truth and justice. Jones is still living, and so is Drabing. Kruegers lies have been exceptionally, Back in 76, crime lab analysis was unable to determine the exact blood type on the T-shirt, but with todays technological advancements DNA testing could yield important findings with respect to the blood and possible perspiration that existed in the cotton material. He apparently didnt say what he did with Mansfield. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. Fortune-teller Andrew F. Tyler committed the county's first murder and was executed in the county's only recorded hanging in 1849, according to The Bryan Times. Love Ohio? He fled before Richard could get his gun loaded. Matthew Hoffman avoided the death penalty by pleading guilty to the 2010 murders of two women and an 11-year-old boy. Marie Poling is serving 20 years to life in prison for the 1987 murder of her husband in Howland. He spent two and a half years in prison and was released in 2008. Although there have been multitudes of front-page murders in Logan, a few that are of interest include the 1921 shooting death of Kernie Henderson, the 20-year-old offspring of a former Logan police chief, L.M. No other explanation was ever given for the tragedy. The direction he ran was in the opposite direction from where he claimed he parked his car. Investigators never disclosed a motive for the massacre, according to The Columbus Dispatch. 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. She testified that Brent Anderson attacked her after she accused him of molesting their son, according to The Toledo Blade. She would be the only survivor. The state of Ohio later paid $4.1 million to inmate victims who said overcrowding and mismanagement led to the uprising, according to The Cincinnati Enquirer. Login; Meigs County, OH Area Cold Cases. Smrekar and Drabing were both Manson followers, and the Schneider murders were considered a Manson copycat crime. 1984 Leslie Cross. White, whose husband had been killed at Delbarton the year before, was clad only in underclothes and was found just inside the cabin door with three bullet holes in her head one above each eye and one high on the forehead, forming a triangle. The unit offers new forensic analysis and investigative resources, according to Steve Irwin, BCI spokesman. But he was arrested in 1946 for his involvement in a Dayton robbery. 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. Fairfield Detective Doug Day said the department investigates all leads. Schoolcraft was survived by a widow and six children. Tyler concocted a plan to trick people into thinking he could use his "clairvoyant powers" to find the body. Please SIGN THE PETITIONon this websitecalling for official reinvestigation and DNA testing of all applicable existing evidence in the Mansfield, Martin, and Schneider murder cases. Reese spent 11 years in a state asylum before he died in 1966, according to the New York Daily News. Meeker killed his wife Gertrude Meeker the previous year with a tire pump while they were riding in his car. 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. Evidence showed that, in addition to other injuries, Raymond had been dragged by a car. Submit a Crime Tip Square with arrow pointing upper right. 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. All Rights Reserved. The victims were Lisa Watters and Andy Hussey. According to the reports filed that day, and later, the county sheriff's office received a report at 10:30 a.m. Aug. 30, 2005, that the patrol responded to a traffic crash . Sandusky County Sheriff Kyle Overmyer pleaded not guilty to dozens of drug and theft charges Aug. 24, 2016. Smrekar, a known thief from upstate Joliet, IL, had been expelled from Lincoln College on September 25, 75, just prior to the October 1, 75 shoplifting. He later became an investment banker and author. According to these past reports, there were 2 Marion County murders in 2015, 5 in 2016, 7 in 2017, 3 in 2018, and 6 in 2019. The 1800s saw the killing of Ann Lawson by two of her own slaves in 1847 prior to the Civil War even before Logan was named Logan and before West Virginia existed as a state. Mansfield failed to appear in court for the March hearing, and the matter was continued and a warrant was issued for his arrest. 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. The Mystery: Joe Kupchik's body was discovered on the pavement below a parking deck in downtown Cleveland, around 1 in the . Following his arrest, information began to surface about another probable victim, Michael David Mansfield. More Jimmy Hoffa. We won't share it with anyone else. Chrishana Logan was 19 years old when. Police are still searching for a serial killer who is suspected of murdering at least eight prostitutes throughout the state. Irwin said the Cold Case Unit is investigating the case at the request of Fairfield police. Willie McCloud' page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. 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. Lane further incensed victims families and the community when he smirked and wore a shirt with the word killer written on it at his sentencing hearing. That night, Smrekar showed up at Mansfields dorm room with an armload of LPs wanting to store them there temporarily. 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. Fischer has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder. Cleveland.com has assembled a list of notorious figures from each of Ohio's 88 counties. Search Unsolved Homicide Victims Search Ohio homicide victims by name, city or keywords. 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 Kirtland cult leader claimed God commanded him to kill the five members of the Avery family on April 17, 1989. Parsons eluded authorities for 83 days before being captured in Chillicothe. 8 unsolved murders in the Miami Valley. Those involved in the original investigation also concludedthere was just no way he could have gone that far that fast in running from the Schneiders to where he allegedly parked his car, to driving home and arriving there by 11:40 PM, if hed acted alone. I witnessed suspicious events and circumstances surrounding the Schneider murders that caused me to believe Drabing, The finalconfrontation was the most heated, and it was an enraged Pat Hanley who threatened toget and. Farmhand Louis Hand executed at 17 years old in 1944 is among the youngest people executed in state history. Additional evidence collected with the white T-shirt linked to similar evidence inside the Martin Catalina in Bloomington. Its interesting that the officer who arrested Henderson would along with Hibbard Hatfield one year later be charged with a Dingess Street murder and later commit suicide during a break in his trial. Kruegers lies have been exceptionally profound everything hes claimed about the T-shirt directly opposes established documented facts. Investigators haven't named a suspect and won't tell whether they know why the murders happened. Clearly, these murders should be reinvestigated by agencies, Bonnie J. Thompson, Investigative Writer/Author, (These books are available in eBook format only -. One of the letter recipient's husband was murdered, which was believed to be connected to the letters, and the letters continued even after a suspect was placed 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. Litteral killed and robbed a former World War I veteran the previous year. The Murder of Joseph Kupchik. Anita Taylors page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. As if the triple murder wasnt enough to shock people at the time, it was the even worse news that came the very next day following the King Shoals deaths that spread sorrow throughout the coal camps of Logan County and beyond The Banner headline proclaimed: Mrs. The family relocated twice more before moving to Littleton, Colorado in 1993. 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. Buell had also been suspected of killing a 12-year-old girl in 1981 and a 10-year-old girl in 1983. Carol Zastudils page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. James Goff has been sentenced to death for the Sept. 15, 1994 murder of 88-year-old Myrtle Rutledge at her house in Wilmington. Ruth Martins remains have never been found. Surveillance video showed him shoot both at a sportsman's association clubhouse in Carey, according to The Courier of Findlay. Whether this is a true example of reincarnation or not is unknown. She used arsenic to poison her husband shortly before he died Aug. 22, 1952 at their farm in Owensville. County officials were notified and an investigation was launched. The small town of Circleville and the people of Pickaway County began to encounter what some might call a real-life-A -from-Pretty-Little-Liars-experience in the late 70s when thousands of individuals started receiving personal, mysterious letters about their lives. 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. Mitch Henderson, who shot and killed his own son. No part of these e-books may be copied, reproduced, sold, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author. The burglary case was then dismissed with leave to reinstate, and Smrekar was refunded $450. Following his conviction, Hanley and Jones pursued law degrees and became attorneys. Search for: View All Cold Cases. Mansfield failed to appear in court for the March hearing, and the matter was continued and a warrant was issued for his arrest. The bloody T-shirt found in the secluded location of the park was more than likely used to wipe up the blood on the garage floor. An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the e-mail address listed on your account. Davis disappearance garnered national attention before her body was found 10 days later in a Summit County park. And, while it took three years and some peculiar circumstances to resolve those murders, there has been one triple murder in Logan County that has never been solved. Two young women savagely murdered and dumped. April is the Ohio staff writer for Only in Your State. Schlichters gambling addiction dogged him throughout his life and led to multiple stints in prison. She also conceded that she probably lied to police in 76 when I confronted her about her dramatic inconsistencies and contradictions. Ohio - Clark County Incident date: 07/27/1997 Case number: 148. Investigators found the body of Heskett who disappeared on Valentine's Day in 2015 in a burn barrel on Ash's property. John C. Stojetz has been sentenced to death for masterminding the murder of a black inmate at the Madison Correction Facility. True Facts & Findings Copyright 2004, 2015 By Bonnie J. Thompson. His crimes occurred in Ohio and West Virginia. Each served two years in prison. Danielle Greene was born on the Fourth of July. 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. Donald Hoffman was sentenced to life in prison for the 2014 murders of four older men with health problems. On New Years Eve, at approximately 2 PM, Michael answered the phone at his parents house. He reportedly made adeathbed confession to killing Mansfield and Martin before expiring from a terminal illness at Menard Penitentiary. Roberts then drove to his mother's house in Columbus and got into a shootout with police. Neighbors who rushed to the home after hearing the shots found the four-year-old dead on the sofa and the baby also lying on the couch. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular videos. 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. Choose wisely! Castro kidnapped the three women from 2002 to 2004 and imprisoned them in his basement. Mansfield reluctantly accommodated Smrekar, but after Smrekar left campus and hitchhiked to Joliet (with the guitar) Mansfield got scared and dumped the records under a stairwell near a trash chute in his dormitory. . Columbine High School shooter Eric David Harris attended first and second grade at Valley Elementary School in Beavercreek while his father worked at the Wright Air Force Base, according to The Denver Post. Welch conspired with Hand in the unsolved murders of Hands first two wives in 1976 and 1979, witnesses said at trial. 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. Sheriff's deputies called in the guardsmen to protect Mitchell from a mob outside the jail, according to The New York Times. Get Alerts Map; Browse By State; Submit a Crime Tip Square with arrow pointing upper right. Dean died two years later by electrocution, according to The Clermont Sun. There's actors, businessmen, philanthropists, war heroes and industrialists, but there's another side, a seedier side that includes criminals, mass murderers, crooked politicians and cult leaders. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement, Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (each updated 1/26/2023). 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. On New Years Eve, at approximately 2 PM, Michael answered the phone at his parents house. Drabing claimed he parked his car a mile to 2 miles from the Schneider residence and walked through fields to get to their house. 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 previous year he lured a 9-year-old boy and his 7-year-old sister into the woods. Bowling Green native Richard Edwin Fox lured Leslie Renae Keckler to a local motel where he strangled and stabbed the 18-year-old woman on Sept. 26, 1989. But it was taken away from her." McGuires family filed a federal lawsuit after he gasped and choked throughout the 24-minute process. Jacob Nesbitt strangled his wife on Feb. 11, 1926. Robert Anthony Buell abducted Krista Lea Harrison from a Marshallville park on July 17, 1982. He claimed the killings were a premeditated dry-run for his continued plan of a revolution to exterminate the rich. The bloody T-shirt was the most important evidence collected in the Ruth Martin case. the most comprehensive account and reveal of the facts concerning the 1976 Logan County murders. I was seated in my car nearby and witnessed what happened. Former Canton police officer Bobby Lee Cutts killed his ex-girlfriend Jessie Davis and their unborn child in 2007. 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. One of the more recognizable murders in Logan that most people of today can identify with is that of young Mamie Thurman; her devilish murder occurring in 1932 and leaving many unanswered questions still today. Hensley hanged himself in his cell in 2015. Herbert Meeker, who went to the electric chair in 1933, is the last person executed from the Tuscarawas Valley, according to The Times-Reporter. 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. Some examples of the many unsolved murders in northern Ohio include the 1987 murder of Barbara Blatnik, the 2012 murder of Jameela Hasan, the 1960 murder of Nancy Eagleson, the 1976 murder of William Forsberg, and the 1981 suspicious death of Kurt Sova, among countless others. Each victim leaves two young daughters behind. Legendary coach Woody Hayes was fired for punching Clemson linebacker Charlie Bauman in the aftermath. Cepec became the first person to receive the death penalty in Medina County in 60 years, according to The Medina Gazette. The most interesting fact about each of Ohio's 88 counties, The best pizza shop in each of Ohio's 88 counties, Celebrity and movie facts: Learn more about your favorite films and stars, 50 fun facts about Ohio you didn't know -- or forgot. Charles Manson was born in Cincinnati but spent the better part of his childhood in West Virginia and various correctional institutions. The victims, Melvin Baisden, 74, Ervin Johnson Schoolcraft, 51, and 22-year-old Vicie Lucinda (Lilly) White, a widow from Varney in Mingo County, were found the morning of June 15 in a one-room cabin near the Pecks Mill location. BURIED TRUTH The Unabridged Trilogy Copyright 2013, 2015, 2017 By Bonnie J. Thompson. The resulting gunfight ended in Floyds death on Oct. 22, 1934. Someone saw him doing it and reported him to the student activities director. That is an out-and-out LIE. In 2021, only 51% of homicides were solved, according . Months later, on Oct. 9, 76, Jay Fry and his 3-months-pregnant wife, Robin, both 24, were shot-gunned to death in their home just 9 days prior to a scheduled hearing on the Kroger case. Extensive investigations throughout the years have linked the murders together, though the killer has never been identified and the murders remain unsolved. Somehow, Drabing managed to return to his mothers house (where he also lived) within 10-15minutes of the killings, by 11:40 PM. The resident of Weirton, West Virginia, had died from blunt force trauma to the head. The evidence encircling the T-shirt also supports that the person(s) who tried to destroy the shirt had been inside the Martin Catalina. Joy Major Hoop hired Carl G. Lindsey to kill her husband on Feb. 10, 1997. Theresa Smith Unsolved homicide. Like the feud, it is a Logan County historical masterpiece. These searches took additional time. This Vault In Ohio Holds One Of The Worlds Most Closely-Guarded Secrets, The Adults-Only Resort In Ohio Where You Can Enjoy Some Much-Needed Peace And Quiet, This Enchanting And Historic Town In Ohio Is The Perfect Day Trip Destination, This Ohio Bakery Gives Donut Lovers The Chance To Design Their Very Own Custom Donut. 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. 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. The list includes people who were born in, lived in or committed a notable act in each county. Login; Logan County, OH Area Cold Cases. But she shot herself Oct. 2, 2000 as investigators arrived at her home, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette said. Canadian businessman Ollie Mastronardi served nearly four years in prison for the drunken boating accident that killed Scott Brabander in 1995. Moran spent most of the rest of his life in prison before dying in custody in 1957. The signal lasted for a full 72 seconds and indicted a non-terrestrial and non-Solar System origin. Herman was found beaten to death inside. Rich guitar out of the evidence room. Lead agency: Cincinnati Police Department. Some of the counties were more difficult than others. 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. Cheryl Thompson' page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. He was finally declared dead seven years later in 1982, though his body was never recovered, and speculations as to what happened abound to this day. Litteral then relocated to Oregon, but investigators tracked him down and he confessed to the killing, according to a 1929 edition of The Athens Messenger. 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. But the Ohio Attorney Generals Office dropped the charges in exchange for his resignation. He then spent seven years in prison for taking bribes, racketeering and filing false tax returns. Cepec has appealed the death sentence to the Ohio Supreme Court. 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. The Blair Mountain Battle would come later in 1921 with numerous deaths being declared on both sides of the calamity that featured the infamous sheriff Don Chafin. Buell received a death sentence and died by lethal injection in 2002. Husband and wife Michael and Sharon Gravelle adopted 11 special needs children but kept them in cages at their Clarksfield Township home. If you enjoyed this slideshow, check out more of our prior slideshows below. Both women are still living, and one cant seem to keep her stories straight. Hensley later strangled a fellow prison inmate in 2002, according to the Associated Press. Lindsey shot Donald Hoop twice in the head outside the Mount Orab bar owned by Hoop and her husband. Milan, Ohio is best known for being the birthplace of Thomas Edison. unsolved murders in logan county ohio. Newton wrote a detailed confession letter and claimed he drank the cellmates blood, according to The Sandusky Register. Sept 21, 2020 The Ohio Attorney General's Office has created a new cold case unit to investigate unsolved crimes, and it is looking at several area cases of note. (The US average is 22.7) Logan County property crime is 32.7. Joy Hoop is also serving 25 years in prison for her role in the murder. Since Ruths remains have never been found, I have serious questions about the LPDs, Everybody likes a good whodonnit, [sic] and reality is that they [the Mansfield and Martin cases] are and will remain unto eternity, 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. There is one other kicker to this story of unfortunate deaths in Logan County. Former Law Enforcement Present Misleading Information in the 1976 Schneider Triple Homicide. Newton strangled the 27-year-old man with a cloth after the two fought over a chess match. It was a hair-raising experience, and I told my father and others about what I witnessed before the murders occurred. 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. 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. Magnolia resident Thomas Lee Dillon shot and killed five men during a three-year period from 1989 to 1992. He had a deep cut in his neck and and suffered further injuries to his head and one arm. For example, in 2002, former Logan County States Attorney Tim Huyett requested the handwritten Schneider crime lab report from the state crime lab archives; found on the clothes and under the Schneider victims fingernails were foreign fibers and two different colored foreign hairs that did not belong to them or Drabing. Sorry, there are no recent results for popular commented articles. Angela Kilgore Age. It's never been solved. Bruce stabbed and strangled the three women, all of whom were known prostitutes, according to court records.