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. The closest similar sized city with FBI crime data is the city . Wyoming East sends Lady Tigers home in regional final, 54-47, No. 37 James Goff has been sentenced to death for the Sept. 15, 1994 murder of 88-year-old Myrtle Rutledge at her house in Wilmington. The Lincoln PD regards the Martin case as closed because Smrekar allegedly confessed. "She was an intelligent, attractive young woman. She also conceded that she probably lied to police in 76 when I confronted her about her dramatic inconsistencies and contradictions. The pair also shot six others during a drug-related robbery in Lima. 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. Seven members of Morans gang were killed in the St. Valentines Day Massacre of 1929 in Chicago. That hole has been there since the murder of her sister, Linda Morris, 22, and niece, Angela Lynn, 4. More Jimmy Hoffa. #7 of 8 on. Cepec bludgeoned Munz with a hammer before he strangled him with a lamp cord, records show. U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller served as commander of detention camps at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and Abu Ghraib in Iraq. He thought he had killed his 15-year-old sister, but she was life-flighted to a hospital in Columbus where she remained in critical condition. Blood and a mutilated spent .22 caliber bullet were found in the Martin garage. The Republican and former chairman of the House Administration Committee had been known as Mayor of Capitol Hill before he pleaded guilty to corruption charges. Crime in Logan County, Ohio. He disappeared 6 days before his scheduled court hearing in the Lincoln College burglary case. The Wackers both passed away in recent years, and the case was never solved. For locals, the town of 1,300 is also known for its dark past. He was sentenced to life in prison for those crimes. He also claimed he rested for a bit. 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. YouTubes privacy policy is available here and YouTubes terms of service is available here. 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. Detectives found both bodies on McKnight's property in Vinton County. Dean died two years later by electrocution, according to The Clermont Sun. He spent two and a half years in prison and was released in 2008. There are numerous tales of murder that exist in the files of The Logan Banner. Eight women were found murdered in the late 80s and 90s along major interstates in Ohio. Like Mamie Thurman, their bodies were laid to rest there, too their resurrected stories being told again, decades after their lives were extinguished. Lundgren was executed in 2006. 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. Dwight Williamson: Logan County history filled with unsolved murders. 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 is now serving a sentence of life in prison. It was 69 years ago in 1952 when the news of three people being killed at a King Shoals logging camp spread like wildfire via the newspaper, WLOG radio, and gossipers. He claimed the killings were a premeditated dry-run for his continued plan of a revolution to exterminate the rich. Since Ruths remains have never been found, I have serious questions about the LPDs haste to close the Martin case, particularly when the Lincoln PD has suspiciously claimed the bloody T-shirt is missing and facts prove detectives have lied about it. 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. Produce employee Jay Alvin Fry had seen Smrekar lift the steaks and stick them under his jacket. Mastronardi and his insurance company also paid $3 million to Brabanders family, according to The Plain Dealer. The 42-year-old sheriff has refused to resign after being indicted. The signal has never been detected again. The case is still unsolved and the Pike County Sheriff's Office and. She would be the only survivor. He was never charged in either case but DNA evidence linked him to the older girl's death, according to The Independent. 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. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction. 1976 Logan County murders and probable cover-up. 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. I witnessed suspicious events and circumstances surrounding the Schneider murders that caused me to believe 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. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran also wounded seven people before a security officer shot and killed him. Frederick Mundt has been sentenced to death for the 2004 kidnapping, rape and murder of his girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter. Incident location: Cincinnati, Ohio. 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. Map Browse By State. I now regret having delayed meeting with him it was an opportunity lost. Hell be 91 years old when hes eligible for parole in 2043. It is this documentation that allows people like me to relay to others those dark segments of our local past that some may wish to keep buried away. Trends Analytics. 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. "We were both strong-willed, stubborn," he said with a laugh. 1976 Logan County murders and probable cover-up Lincoln, IL realtor Ruth Louise Martin, 51, has been missing from her home since the morning of Wednesday, June 2, 1976. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. Low 37F. 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 woman later found the boy bludgeoned to death in her house. Map Browse By State. Former U.S. Rep. Jim Traficant saw his career end in disgrace in 2002. the most comprehensive account and reveal of the facts concerning the 1976 Logan County murders. 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. Cleveland.com reporter Patrick Cooley contributed to this story. While we don't know the exact number of how many Marion County murders have occurred in recent years, the Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual Uniform Crime Reports can at least provide some reliable information. Mansfield signed the Deferral of Prosecution Agreement on Dec. 18th and then went home to spend the Christmas/New Years holidays with his family. He had a deep cut in his neck and and suffered further injuries to his head and one arm. 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. However, the dead bodies revealed otherwise. Investigators haven't named a suspect and won't tell whether they know why the murders happened. When Drabing fled the bloodbath, he ran across the Schneiders recently mowed, expansive front lawn toward the gravel road in front of their property. Bruce stabbed and strangled the three women, all of whom were known prostitutes, according to court records. Mitch Henderson, who shot and killed his own son. 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. Interestingly, the T-shirt is the only item of evidence in the Martin case thats allegedly MISSING from the Lincoln PD, without explanation. He writes a weekly column for HD Media. Oakwood resident Judith Hawkey was sentenced to life in prison for ordering her then-10-year-old stepson to shoot her husband in 2003. No one has seen him since that cold December day. Dowdel has been sentenced to 30 years to life in prison. 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. Cleveland.comcompiled what we believe is the definitive list of the most infamous person from each of Ohio's 88 counties. Richard Clark Jr. has been sentenced to life in prison for killing his former girlfriend and another man in 2003. Carol Zastudils page from the Unsolved Homicides Database. Cunningham and Jackson are in custody at the Chillicothe Correctional Institution. Scott claimed his gun accidentally fired and was acquitted at trial in 1881. 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. More than a decade later, the case of who killed 37-year-old Michael Williams of Rogers remains open. After being plagued by several bizarre and frightening dreams in which she was abducted and murdered by a stranger, Cindy Anderson mysteriously went missing on August 4, 1981. A Monroe County jury convicted Ash at trial and a judge handed down his sentence in January 2016. Bloomingburg native and former Ohio State and NFL quarterback Art Schlichter is perhaps best known for throwing the decisive interception in the 1978 Gator Bowl. Each victim leaves two young daughters behind. Their bodies were found days later in a field near a local cemetery. Quattlebaum committed suicide in prison in 2013, according to The Marietta Times. 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 . Forensic evidence from the scene, which still exists, excluded Larry Taylor as his wifes killer. Dennis McGuire's 1989 rape and murder of Joy Stewart earned him a death sentence. 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. Rich guitar from the dorm room of two female LC students. They found the 56-year-old dead inside in May 2005. 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. Ten-year-old Amy Mihaljevic was abducted from the Bay Village Shopping Center on Oct. 27, 1989. Traficant died in 2014 of injuries from a tractor accident at his daughters farm. The letters were written in block style and contained vindictive, violent and vulgar material. The 18-year-old then killed himself. 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. 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. Dean later spent four years in prison for his role in the Watergate cover-up that ended in the president's resignation. 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. 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. The Wow! The U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 refused to hear his appeal. It was suspected by many that an accomplice had driven Drabing home, and the number one named suspect was Pat Hanley. Blood and a mutilated spent .22 caliber bullet were found in the Martin garage. I never heard Drabing or Jones say a word, but they were right beside Hanley, in Hanleys Chevy pickup, when the exchange took place. 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. Goff had delivered furniture to the house earlier that day and went back to commit a robbery, according to court records. Parsons eluded authorities for 83 days before being captured in Chillicothe. He never told his mother who called, he just said he was going out for an hour or so and would be back. Someone had shot the couple to death at Ohio's Berlin Reservoir. After Cincinnati police received a call saying Brown had not been seen in a long time, officers were dispatched to the 46-year-olds apartment at 2572 Sarvis Court. Following the incident, Hanley tried to run me off the road and then he blocked a one-lane bridge with his truck, preventing me from crossing it.