From Ohio AG Yost's 2025 Capital Crimes 2025 Report
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Reports/Capital-Crimes-Annual-Reports/2025-Cap-Crimes-Annual-Report_WEB.aspx
115 active cases still on death row, page 66-181
Stopped for now, p126, finish later
so far 58 murderers with 102 murders, or 1.8 murders/murderer
Summary
Nearly all the murders can be described as torture murders
Many children raped and murdered or murdered
2 cops murdered
7 in prison murders
2 innocents murdered by those prisoners they were trying to help, via prison ministries. The prisoners got out and murdered them, in the free world
In alphabetical order.
The number after the paragraph number is the number of murders.
1) 2
Adams, Stanley T. Trumbull County Summary of Crime: On 10/11/99, Adams murdered 43-year-old Esther Cook and her 12-year-old daughter, Ashley Cook, in their Warren home. Ms. Cook had previously allowed Adams to live with her and Ashley. Adams beat Ms. Cook to death, breaking her nose and ribs and causing severe trauma to her head, neck, chest, and abdomen. Adams raped Ashley, punched her multiple times in the mouth, hit her in the head, and strangled her with an electrical cord.
2) 4
Ahmed, Nawaz Belmont County Summary of Crime: On 09/11/99, Ahmed murdered his estranged wife, 39-year-old Dr. Lubaina Bhatti, her father, 78- year-old Abdul Majid Bhatti, her sister, 35-year-old Ruhie Ahmed, and her niece, 2-year-old Nasira
3) 1
Allen, David W. Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On or about 01/24/91, Allen murdered 84-year-old Chloie English in her Bedford home. Ms. English had met Allen when she came to visit him and other prisoners as part of her church ministry program. After his release from prison, Allen beat Ms. English, strangled her, slit her wrists, and stabbed her 16 times. Allen also stole her money, credit cards, and checkbook.
4) 1
Apanovitch, Anthony Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 08/23/84, Apanovitch murdered 33-year-old Mary Ann Flynn in her Cleveland home. Ms. Flynn had hired Apanovitch to paint her house. Apanovitch tied up Ms. Flynn, raped her, brutally beat her, and stabbed her in the neck with wood from the windowsill in her bedroom. DNA testing, conducted in 2006, identified Apanovitch as the source of the sperm found inside Ms. Flynn’s mouth.
5) 1
Bays, Richard Greene County Summary of Crime: On 11/15/93, Bays murdered 76-year-old wheelchair-bound Charles Weaver in Weaver’s Xenia home. After smoking crack cocaine, Bays went to Mr. Weaver’s house to borrow money. When Mr. Weaver told Bays that he did not have any money, Bays beat him with a battery charger and a portable tape recorder and then stabbed him several times with a kitchen knife.
6) 3
Beasley, Richard Summit County Summary of Crime: In August 2011 Beasley and his co-defendant, Brogan Rafferty, murdered Ralph Geiger (age 56 from Akron, Ohio) by shooting him in the back of the head and then buried him in a shallow grave. In October and November of 2011, Beasley, who had assumed Mr. Geiger’s identity, and Rafferty used an advertisement on Craigslist for a fictitious farmhand job to lure David Pauley (age 51 from Norfolk, Virginia), Timothy Kern (age 47 from Massillon, Ohio) and Scott Davis (age 49 from South Carolina) to remote locations in Noble and Summit Counties. Beasley and Rafferty shot, killed and buried Mr. Pauley and Mr. Kern in shallow graves. The pair also attempted to murder Mr. Davis, but he was able to escape with a gunshot wound to his elbow. (Beasley received the death penalty for all three slain men.) (Rafferty received life without the possibility of parole for his participation in the crimes.
7) 1
12) 1
13) 1
16) 3 (4)
25) 1
30) 1
32) 2
37) 4
Belton, Anthony Lucas County Summary of Crime: On 08/13/08, Belton murdered 34-year-old Matthew Dugan. Belton shot Mr. Dugan in the head during a robbery of the Toledo BP gas station where Mr. Dugan was employed.
8) 2 Bethel, Jr., Robert Franklin County Summary of Crime: On 06/26/96, Bethel and his accomplice, fellow gang member Jeremy Chavis, murdered 18-year-old James Reynolds and Reynolds’ 14-year-old girlfriend, Shannon Hawks, in a field in Franklin County.
9) 1
Bonnell, Melvin Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 11/28/87, Bonnell murdered 23-year-old Robert Bunner in his Bridge Avenue apartment in Cleveland. Bonnell entered the apartment without permission, shot Mr. Bunner twice at close range and repeatedly struck him in the face after he had fallen to the floor.
10) 1
Brinkley, Grady Lucas County Summary of Crime: On 01/07/00, Brinkley murdered his former girlfriend, 18-year-old Shantae Smith, in her Toledo apartment. While in county jail for the robbery of a local diner, Brinkley learned that Ms. Smith was dating someone else.
11) 5
Brinkman, Jr., George (1) Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 06/10/17, Brinkman murdered 45-year-old Suzanne Taylor and her daughters, 21-year-old Taylor Pifer and 18-year-old Kylie Pifer, in their North Royalton home. Brinkman forced Suzanne and her daughters to lie on the bed next to one another at knifepoint and ordered Kylie to tie up Suzanne and Taylor with zip ties. Brinkman stabbed Suzanne several times with the knife and cut her throat. He then smothered Taylor to death with a pillow and strangled Kylie to death with a phone charging cord. Brinkman later confessed to all three murders. (Brickman received the death penalty for all 3 victims.) (Note: Brinkman also received the death penalty from Stark County for the aggravated murders of Rogell and Roberta John.)
Summary of Crime: On 06/11/17, George Brinkman murdered Rogell and Roberta John in their Lake Township home. Brinkman had been dog-sitting for the Johns while they were on vacation. When they returned home, an argument over the care of the dog ensued. Brinkman, armed with Rogell’s gun which Brinkman had earlier retrieved and loaded, ordered the Johns to a bedroom. He then shot Rogell to death before severely beating Roberta and shooting her in the head. Brinkman then stole money before fleeing.
Bryan, Quisi Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 06/25/00, Bryan murdered a police officer, 32-year-old Wayne Leon, at a gas station in Cleveland. Officer Leon had stopped Bryan’s car for a traffic violation. When Officer Leon used his radio to check on Bryan’s fictitious license plate, Bryan shot Officer Leon in the face. Kenneth Niedhammer witnessed the shooting and followed Bryan’s car. Bryan stopped his vehicle on two occasions and shot at Mr. Niedhammer. Bryan testified at trial that he shot Officer Leon to prevent him from discovering Bryan’s parole violation for an attempted robbery conviction. (Bryan was also convicted of the attempted murder of Mr. Niedhammer.)
Carter, Sean Trumbull County Summary of Crime: On 09/14/97, Carter murdered his 68-year-old adoptive grandmother, Veader Prince, at her home in Farmington Township. Upon his release from jail for theft, Ms. Prince refused to allow Carter to live with her. Carter raped, beat and stabbed Ms. Prince 18 times and also stole her money.
14) 1
Cepec, Steven Medina County Summary of Crime: On 06/03/10, Cepec murdered 72-year-old Frank Munz in his Chatham Township home. Cepec had been on parole for prior aggravated burglaries from multiple counties. As a condition of his parole Cepec was to undergo drug treatment. Cepec left the treatment facility without permission the day after he arrived. Cepec entered Mr. Munz’s home armed with duct tape and a realistic-looking pellet gun. He bound Mr. Munz with the duct tape and then beat him in the head with the claw end of a hammer. He then strangled Mr. Munz with an electrical cord from a lamp found in the home.
15) 1
Chinn, Davel Montgomery County Summary of Crime: On 01/30/89, Chinn murdered 21-year-old Brian Jones on Germantown Pike in Jefferson Township. Chinn, and his juvenile accomplice, Marvin Washington, robbed Mr. Jones and his friend, Gary Welborn, in downtown Dayton. Mr. Welborn escaped, but Chinn and Washington were able to kidnap Mr. Jones, driving off with him and his car. A short time later, Chinn ordered Mr. Jones out of the car and shot him in the chest and arm.
Clinton, Curtis Erie County Summary of Crime: On 09/08/12, Curtis Clinton murdered 23-year-old Heather Jackson, 3-year-old Celina Jackson, and 18-month-old Wayne Jackson, Jr., in their Sandusky home. Heather was found naked between a mattress and a bed frame. The children were found, clothed, in a utility room closet. All three were strangled. Clinton raped both Heather and Celina. Clinton’s DNA was found on all three victims. The murders occurred seven months after Clinton was released from prison after serving 13 years for involuntary manslaughter in the 1997 killing of 18-year-old Misty Keckler who had also been found naked and strangled to death. (Clinton received the death penalty for all three victims.)
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Coleman, Timothy Clark County Summary of Crime: On 01/02/96, Coleman murdered Melinda Stevens in an alley behind Riddles’ Ribs in Springfield. Ms. Stevens worked as a confidential informant for the Springfield Police, whose controlled purchases of drugs led to Coleman’s indictment for aggravated trafficking of cocaine. While Coleman was out on bond awaiting trial, he shot Ms. Stevens twice in the back of the head to prevent her from testifying against him
18) 1
Coley, Douglas Lucas County Summary of Crime: On 01/03/97, Coley and an accomplice, Joseph Green, murdered 21-year-old Samar El-Okdi in an alley behind West Grove Place in Toledo. Coley and Green abducted Ms. El-Okdi, shot her in the head at close range, and stole her car. Coley was also convicted for the attempted murder, robbery, and kidnapping of David Moore for a separate car-jacking incident that occurred days before the murder of Ms. El-Okdi.
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22) 2
23) 1Conway, James T. (1) Franklin County Summary of Crime: On 01/19/02, Conway murdered 25-year-old Jason Gervais and attempted to murder Mandel Williams in the parking lot of Dockside Dolls, a strip club in Columbus. Mr. Gervais was an innocent bystander in a fight between Mr. Williams’ friends and Conway’s friends. After Conway’s brother claimed that he had been stabbed by Mr. Williams, Conway retrieved a gun from the trunk of his car, ran toward Mr. Williams and opened fire. Conway shot Mr. Williams, but Mr. Williams survived. Conway also shot Mr. Gervais four times, once in the back, causing his death. After police arrested Conway several weeks later for an unrelated shooting, he confided in a fellow cellmate that he was unremorseful for shooting Mr. Gervais.
Summary of Crime: In September 2001, Conway murdered 20-year-old Andrew Dotson in Prairie Township. Conway feared Mr. Dotson would inform police about Conway’s involvement in an earlier shooting, so Conway told two friends, Mike Arthurs and Shawn Nightingale, to kill Mr. Dotson. Arthurs and Nightingale could not go through with the murder and brought Mr. Dotson back to Conway. Conway then took Mr. Dotson to a cornfield and stabbed him twice in the chest with a pickax. While later incarcerated, Conway tried to hire a fellow inmate to kill Arthurs. At the time of his trial, Conway was serving a death sentence for an unrelated 2002 murder. (Arthurs and Nightingale also received prison time for their involvement in the murder of Mr. Dotson.)
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Cook, Derrick Hamilton County Summary of Crime: On 10/28/89, Cook murdered 68-year-old Frank Shorter in an abandoned building on Seitz Street in Cincinnati. Mr. Shorter was the manager of Sullivan’s Clothing Store in Lockland, Ohio. Cook stole clothing and money from Sullivan’s. He then kidnapped Mr. Shorter, taking him to an abandoned building where he robbed him and shot him in the head at point-blank range.
21) 2
Cunningham, Jeronique Allen County Summary of Crime: On 01/03/02, Cunningham and his half-brother, Cleveland Jackson, murdered 3-year-old Jala Grant and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams at a home in Lima. Jala, Leneshia, and six other people were at the house of a man whom Cunningham and Jackson planned to rob of his crack cocaine and money. After stealing drugs, money, and jewelry, Cunningham and Jackson opened fire on everyone in the house, fatally shooting Jala twice in the head as her father held her in his arms and fatally shooting Leneshia in the back of the head. (Cunningham and Jackson were also convicted for the attempted murders of the survivors, each of whom suffered
Davis, Von Clark Butler County Summary of Crime: On 12/12/83, Davis murdered his former girlfriend, 27-year-old Suzette Butler, outside the American Legion Post 520 in Hamilton. Davis shot Ms. Butler in the head at close range and continued to shoot her after she fell to the ground. At the time, Davis was on parole after serving prison time for murdering his wife.
Dixon, Archie Lucas County Summary of Crime: On 09/22/93, Dixon and his accomplice, Timothy Hoffner, murdered their roommate, 22-year-old Christopher Hammer at a park in Toledo. Dixon and Hoffner planned to kill Mr. Hammer to assume his identity. Dixon and Hoffner repeatedly beat Mr. Hammer, tied him up, took him into the woods, and buried him alive. Dixon and Hoffner stole $11 in cash from Mr. Hammer’s wallet, his driver’s license, his Social Security card, his birth certificate, and his car. Dixon and Hoffner confessed to police, and Hoffner showed police where they buried Mr. Hammer alive. (Hoffner also received a death sentence.)
24) 1
Drain, Joel Warren County Summary of Crime: On 04/13/19, Drain, an inmate serving a life sentence for aggravated murder at the Warren Correctional Institution, fatally attacked inmate Christopher Richardson. Drain admitted to initially intending to murder another inmate but then decided to kill Mr. Richardson instead. Drain hit Mr. Richardson with a fan multiple times, attempted to put a pencil in his eye, and attempted to strangle him with a cord. Mr. Richardson died as a result of his injuries two days later. Drain confessed to the murder and pled no contest to the indictment.
Drummond, John E. Mahoning County Summary of Crime: On 03/24/03, Drummond murdered 3-month-old Jiyen Dent, Jr., at his home in Youngstown. Drummond incorrectly believed Jiyen’s father was involved in the 1998 murder of one of Drummond’s fellow gang members. Drummond and an accomplice, Wayne Gilliam, drove to the Dent household. Drummond exited the car and fired 11 shots from an AK47 assault rifle into the house, fatally wounding Jiyen in the head. Drummond later confessed to his cell mate that he was the shooter. Gilliam was also sentenced to 54 years in prison for his involvement in the aggravated murder.
26) 1
Elmore, Phillip L. Licking County Summary of Crime: On 06/01/02, Elmore murdered his ex-girlfriend and former Licking County deputy sheriff, 47- year-old Pamela Annarino, at her Newark home. While Ms. Annarino was at her son’s wedding, Elmore broke into her home and waited for her. When Ms. Annarino returned home, Elmore strangled her and beat her with a lead pipe. Elmore then stole Ms. Annarino’s purse and fled in her car. In an interview with Newark police, Elmore confessed.
27) 2
Ford, Jr., Shawn Summit County Summary of Crime: On 04/02/13, Shawn Ford, along with his juvenile accomplice Jamal Vaughn, murdered 59-year-old Margaret “Peg” Schobert and 56-year-old Jeffrey Schobert. Ford and Vaughn broke into the Schoberts’ New Franklin home where Ford bludgeoned Mr. Schobert to death with a sledgehammer. Using Mr. Schobert’s cell phone, Ford lured Mrs. Schobert home from the hospital where the Schoberts’ daughter, Chelsea, was recovering after Ford stabbed her in the neck. When Mrs. Schobert returned home, Ford beat her to death with the sledgehammer. Ford murdered the Schoberts because they prevented him from seeing Chelsea. Ford admitted to bludgeoning the Schoberts with the sledgehammer.
28) 3
Franklin, Antonio S. Montgomery County Summary of Crime: On 04/18/97, Franklin murdered his grandmother, Ophelia Franklin, his grandfather, Ivory Franklin, Sr., and his uncle, Anthony Franklin, in their Dayton home. Franklin beat his uncle and grandmother with a baseball bat, shot his grandmother in the forehead, beat his grandfather in the head with another object, and set the house on fire. Franklin fled to Tennessee where he was arrested on unrelated charges
29) 2
Froman, Terry Warren County Summary of Crime: On September 12, 2014, Froman murdered his ex-girlfriend, 34-year-old Kimberly Thomas, in his SUV on Interstate 75 in Warren County, Ohio. In the early morning hours, Froman went to Thomas’ residence in Mayfield, Kentucky and kidnapped Ms. Thomas after fatally shooting her 17-year-old son, Michael “Eli” Mohney, in the back of the head. Froman drove Ms. Thomas into Ohio, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol attempted to stop his SUV on Interstate 75 in Warren County. As the troopers exited their vehicles, Froman fired his gun, killing Ms. Thomas, and intentionally wounding himself. In addition to the gunshot wounds, one of which was to the back of the head, Froman broke Ms. Thomas’ jaw, knocked out a tooth, punctured a hole in her lip, and inflicted multiple cuts and bruises to her body. (Froman was given life without the possibility of parole in Kentucky for murdering Eli.)
Fry, Jr., Clarence Summit County Summary of Crime: On 07/31/05, Fry murdered his former girlfriend, 41-year-old Tamela Hardison, in her daughter’s Akron apartment. Fry stabbed Ms. Hardison four times with a butcher knife, in front of her grandchildren, to stop her from testifying against him in a domestic violence case.
31) 3
Gapen, Larry James Montgomery County Summary of Crime: On 09/18/00, Gapen murdered his ex-wife, 37-year-old Martha Madewell, her boyfriend, 40-yearold Nathan Marshall, and her daughter, 13-year-old Jesica Young, in Ms. Madewell’s Dayton home. Gapen, distraught over the recent dissolution of his marriage to Ms. Madewell, entered the house and bludgeoned each victim with a maul (longhandled hammer with a wedge-shaped head used to split logs). Gapen hacked Ms. Madewell 10 times in the face and head. He hacked Mr. Marshall 18 times in the face, head, neck, chest and abdomen and Jesica 32 times in the face, head, neck and chest. Gapen then left the house with Ms. Madewell’s 7-year-old son and 8-year-old daughter. Gapen confessed to police. DNA testing proved that the semen found on Ms. Madewell’s leg and abdomen belonged to Gapen.
Garrett, Kristofer Franklin County Summary of Crime: On the morning of 01/05/18, Garrett murdered his ex-girlfriend, 34-year-old Nicole Duckson, and their 4-year-old daughter, Kristina Duckson, in the backyard of Nicole’s Columbus home. Garrett had stabbed Nicole more than 40 times with a hunting knife because he was angry with her about an email she sent indicating he was behind on his child support. Garrett then stabbed Kristina more than 30 times because she had witnessed Garrett murder her mother.
33) 1
Goff, James Clinton County Summary of Crime: On 09/15/94, Goff murdered 88-year-old Myrtle Rutledge in her home in Wilmington. Goff, who was employed as a delivery person for Butler Home Furnishings, had been to Ms. Rutledge’s home earlier that day to deliver some furniture. Later that night, Goff returned to Ms. Rutledge’s house to rob her. After finding Ms. Rutledge awake in her bedroom, he beat and stabbed her several times. He then left with her money and car
34) 5
Grate, Shawn Ashland County Summary of Crime: Between 08/16/16 and 09/13/16, Grate kidnapped and murdered 29-year-old Elizabeth Griffin and 43-year-old Stacy Hicks (aka Stacey Stanley) in an Ashland County home. Grate admitted to strangling the women to death. Ms. Griffin was found bound in an upstairs bedroom closet under dirty clothes, and Ms. Hicks was found bound in the basement also covered in clothing. Grate confessed to both murders and that he had also videotaped himself raping Ms. Hicks. Grate was also convicted of kidnapping and raping another woman, “Jane Doe,” who managed to escape from the same house where the bodies of Ms. Griffin and Ms. Hicks were found. (Grate received the death penalty for both victims.) (Grate was convicted of the murders of Rebekah Leicy and Candace Cunningham in Richland County, as well as Dana Lowrey in Marion County, but did not receive the death penalty for those victims.)
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Group, Scott Mahoning County Summary of Crime: On 01/18/97, Group murdered 56-year-old Robert Lozier at the Downtown Bar in Youngstown. Mr. Lozier and his wife, Sandra Lozier, owned the bar. Group, who was a delivery man for Ohio Wine Imports Company, made weekly deliveries to the bar. On the day of the murder, Group went to the bar to review some invoices. He forced Mr. and Mrs. Lozier into the restroom at gunpoint, shot them in the head, and stole between $1,200 and $1,300 cash from the bar. Mrs. Lozier was able to call 911 and testified against Group at trial.
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Hale, Delano P. Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 06/21/04, Hale murdered 46-year-old Douglas Green at a motel in Euclid. Mr. Green, who was a music producer, came to Hale’s motel room to audition him. Hale shot Mr. Green four times in the head, stole his credit cards and car. Hale used Mr. Green’s credit card to buy cleaning products and garbage bags to clean up the crime scene. He then dragged Mr. Green’s body into an adjoining storage room, threw the gun into the hotel garbage, and disposed of Mr. Green’s clothes. Mr. Green was found naked and wrapped in plastic trash bags by hotel workers two days later. Hale was arrested a week later in Mr. Green’s car
Hand, Gerald Delaware County Summary of Crime: On 01/15/02, Hand murdered his 58-year-old wife, Jill Hand, and longtime friend, 55-year-old Walter Welch, at Hand’s home in Delaware County. Hand, who was in debt, hired Mr. Welch to kill Jill so that Hand could collect the insurance proceeds from a policy he had purchased in Jill’s name. Hand fatally shot Jill and Mr. Welch. He then tried to make it appear that Mr. Welch killed Jill, and Hand, in return, killed Mr. Welch in an act of self-defense. DNA testing matched bloodstains found on Hand’s clothes to Mr. Welch’s DNA profile. At Hand’s trial, the State presented evidence that Hand was involved in the 1976 and 1979 murders of two of his former wives. (Hand received the death penalty for the murders of both Jill and Mr. Welch.)
38) 1
Hanna, James G. Warren County Summary of Crime: On 08/22/97, Hanna attacked his 43-year-old cellmate, Peter Copas, at the Lebanon Correctional Institution. Hanna thrust a sharpened paintbrush into Mr. Copas’ eye and hit him in the head with a padlock placed in a sock. Mr. Copas died as a result of his injuries on 9/10/97.
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Henderson, Jerome Hamilton County Summary of Crime: On 03/03/85, Henderson murdered 26-year-old Mary Acoff in her Cincinnati apartment. Henderson broke into Ms. Acoff’s apartment, attempted to rape her, stabbed and beat her multiple times in the head, chest and neck, and slashed her throat at least 13 times. Ms. Acoff’s nude body was found by her 10-year-old daughter, when she returned home.
Henness, Warren Franklin County Summary of Crime: On 03/20/92, Henness murdered 51-year-old Richard Myers in Columbus. Henness knew Mr. Myers because Mr. Myers was helping him seek drug counseling and treatment for Henness’ wife. On the day of the murder, Mr. Myers picked Henness up in his car. Henness shot Mr. Myers five times in the head and stole his car, credit cards and checks. He sold the car and forged the checks and used the money to buy drugs.
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Hill, Danny Lee Trumbull County Summary of Crime: On 09/10/85, Hill and an accomplice, Tim Combs, murdered 12-year-old Raymond Fife in a wooded field in Warren. Raymond was riding his bicycle through the field when Hill and Combs abducted him. Hill and Combs raped Raymond, bit his penis, choked him and burnt his face with lighter fluid. Hill later inquired with police about a $5,000 reward and told them facts that were not disclosed to the public, which eventually led to his confession
42) 1
Hoffner, Timothy Lucas County Summary of Crime: On 09/22/93, Hoffner and his accomplice, Archie Dixon, murdered their roommate, 22-year-old Christopher Hammer in a park in Toledo. Hoffner and Dixon planned to kill Mr. Hammer to assume his identity. Hoffner and Dixon repeatedly beat Mr. Hammer, tied him up, took him into the woods and buried him alive. Hoffner and Dixon stole $11 in cash from Mr. Hammer’s wallet, his driver’s license, his Social Security card, his birth certificate and his car. Hoffner and Dixon confessed.
Hughbanks, Gary Hamilton County Summary of Crime: On 05/13/87, Hughbanks murdered 55-year-old William Leeman and his wife, 53-year-old Juanita Leeman, at their home in Springfield Township. Hughbanks broke into their home to rob them and was still in the house when Mr. and Mrs. Leeman returned home. Hughbanks stabbed Mr. Leeman with a hunting knife about 17 times, repeatedly stabbed Mrs. Leeman and cut both of their throats. The crime was unsolved for 10 years. In 1997, Hughbanks admitted the murders to his family, who told police and turned over the murder weapon. Hughbanks later confessed to police in Tucson, Arizona.
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Hundley, Lance Mahoning County Summary of Crime: On 11/06/15, Hundley murdered 41-year-old Erika Huff in her Youngstown home by beating and strangling her. Ms. Huff, who had a child with Hundley’s brother, had permitted Hundley to stay with her prior to her murder. Because Ms. Huff suffered from multiple sclerosis and was confined to a wheelchair, she wore a medical alert necklace. During her murder, Ms. Huff’s alert necklace was pressed, which contacted paramedics and her mother, Denise Johnson. When paramedics responded Hundley told them Ms. Huff’s alert was pressed accidentally. But when Ms. Johnson arrived, Hundley attacked her with a hammer and stabbed her with a knife. Hundley placed Ms. Johnson with Ms. Huff’s lifeless body in a bedroom, set the room on fire, and then changed his clothes. Police rescued Ms. Johnson from the burning bedroom and located Hundley in the house where he claimed he too was a victim. Police recovered the bag of Hundley’s clothing containing Ms. Johnson’s blood, and Hundley’s DNA was found under Ms. Huff’s fingernails.
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Hutton, Percy Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 09/16/85, Hutton murdered 24-year-old Derek “Ricky” Mitchell in Cleveland. Hutton kidnapped Mr. Mitchell and his friend, Samuel Simmons Jr., at gunpoint while accusing Mr. Mitchell of stealing tires and a sewing machine from him. After recovering the sewing machine, Hutton shot Mr. Simmons twice in the head. Hutton then drove Mr. Simmons to the hospital. Mr. Simmons survived his injuries. Mr. Mitchell was never seen alive again. His body was located two weeks later. He had been shot to death.
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Jackson, Cleveland R. Allen County Summary of Crime: On 01/03/02, Jackson and his half-brother, Jeronique Cunningham, murdered 3-year-old Jala Grant and 17-year-old Leneshia Williams at a home in Lima. Jala, Leneshia, and six other people were at the house of a man whom Cunningham and Jackson planned to rob of his crack cocaine and money. After stealing drugs, money, and jewelry, Cunningham and Jackson opened fire on everyone in the house, fatally shooting Jala twice in the head as her father held her in his arms, and fatally shooting Leneshia in the back of the head. (Cunningham and Jackson were also convicted for the attempted murders of the survivors, each of whom suffered gunshot injuries. Cunningham also received a death sentence.) (After resentencing, Jackson received a death sentence only for Leneshia’s murder and life without parole for Jala’s murder.)
Jackson, Jeremiah J. Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: In the early morning of 06/18/09, Jackson murdered 38-year-old Tracy L. Pickryl by shooting her during an aggravated robbery of the Soap Opera Laundry store in Cleveland. Jackson waited until customers left the store before entering, brandishing a firearm and demanding money from Ms. Pickryl and her co-worker, 27-year-old Christy Diaz. When Ms. Pickryl hesitated to comply with Jackson’s demands, he shot her in the head. He then aimed the gun at Ms. Diaz and demanded she retrieve the store’s money. Despite her compliance, Jackson also attempted to shoot Ms. Diaz. The aggravated robbery was part of a crime spree in June 2009 that included robberies in Cuyahoga, Erie, and Lorain counties. (Jackson’s accomplices during the crime spree, Maurice Harrison, James Dixon, and Katrina Dickerson, were also convicted of various charges and received prison sentences.)
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Jackson, Kareem Franklin County Summary of Crime: On 03/25/97, Jackson murdered Antorio Hunter and Terrance Walker at a Lupo Court Apartment. Jackson and Mr. Walker were acquaintances. Jackson and his accomplices, “Little Bee,” Michael Patterson, Derrick Boone and Malaika Williamson, went to the apartment to rob the men. After robbing them of $40, some marijuana and a cellular phone, Jackson shot Mr. Hunter and Mr. Walker in the head because they knew his name. (Jackson received the death penalty for both victims.)
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Jackson, Nathaniel E. Trumbull County Summary of Crime: On 12/11/01, Jackson and his girlfriend, Donna Roberts, murdered Roberts’ former husband, 57- year-old Robert Fingerhut, at the home Roberts shared with Mr. Fingerhut in Howland Township. Roberts let Jackson into her home to wait for Mr. Fingerhut. When Mr. Fingerhut returned home from work, Jackson shot him twice in the back and once in the head, then stole his car. DNA testing on bloodstains found in Mr. Fingerhut’s car matched the profiles of Jackson and Mr. Fingerhut. Jackson admitted the shooting to police, but claimed it was committed in self-defense. (Donna Roberts also received a death sentence for the murder of Robert Fingerhut.
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Jalowiec, Stanley Lorain County Summary of Crime: On 01/19/94, Jalowiec and an accomplice, Raymond Smith, murdered 30-year-old Ronald Lally in a Cleveland cemetery. Mr. Lally was a police informant who was scheduled to testify against Raymond and Danny Smith in a drug trafficking trial. On the morning of the trial, Jalowiec and Smith shot Mr. Lally in the head, cut his throat, stomped on him and ran him over with a car. The defendants bragged about the murder to their friends
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Jones, Odraye Ashtabula County Summary of Crime: On 11/17/97, Jones murdered Ashtabula Police Officer William D. Glover, Jr., in Ashtabula. Officer Glover was shot while responding to a dispatcher’s call that Jones, who had outstanding felony warrants, had been spotted in Ashtabula. Jones fled on foot as Officer Glover approached him and a pursuit commenced. Soon thereafter, Jones pulled a gun from his pocket and fired several shots at Officer Glover. When Officer G
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Jones, Phillip Summit County Summary of Crime: On 04/23/07, Phillip Jones raped and strangled 33-year-old Susan Marie Christian-Yates in Mount Peace Cemetery in Akron. Ms. Christian-Yates’ body was found in front of a gravestone with a plastic cross over her right eye. Jones had given an identical cross to his wife in 2006. Jones admitted to killing Ms. Yates, but claimed it was accidental during consensual sex
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Kinley, Juan Clark County Summary of Crime: On 01/10/89, Kinley murdered his ex-girlfriend, 31-year-old Thelma Miller, and her 12-year-old son, David Miller, at a house where Ms. Miller worked as a housekeeper. Kinley had previously physically abused and threatened to kill Ms. Miller for dating other men. Kinley beat Ms. Miller and David to death by repeatedly hacking them in their heads and bodies with a machete. Kinley admitted the murders to his friend.
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Kirkland, Anthony Hamilton County Summary of Crime: On 05/04/06, Kirkland attacked, beat, attempted to rape, robbed, and murdered 14-year-old Casonya Crawford by strangling her. Kirkland then burned Casonya’s body, which authorities recovered in a secluded area with no clothing except one sock. On 03/07/09, Kirkland attacked, beat, attempted to rape, robbed, and murdered 13-yearold Esme Kenney by strangling her. Kirkland then partially burned Esme’s body, which authorities recovered in a secluded area with no clothing except shoes and socks. DNA consistent with Esme’s was found on Kirkland’s hands, genitals, and his boxer shorts. Kirkland confessed to the murders. (Kirkland was also convicted of the two separate murders of 45-yearold Mary Jo Newton and 25-year-old Kimya Rolison; he also burned their bodies.)
Knuff, Thomas Cuyahoga County Summary of Crime: On 05/11/17, Knuff murdered 49-year-old Regina Capobianco and 65-year-old John Mann during an argument inside Mr. Mann’s Parma Heights home. Knuff, having been recently released from prison, moved into Mr. Mann’s home where Ms. Capobianco, Knuff’s former pen-pal, was also residing. During the argument, Knuff stabbed Mr. Mann 15 times, and stabbed Ms. Capobianco 6 times. Knuff then rolled their bodies in blankets, dragged them to a back bedroom, and covered them with garbage bags. He spent several days cleaning the crime scene—scrubbing down the walls and cutting out the living room carpeting. While in jail on other charges, Knuff sent a letter to a friend asking the friend to burn down the house to destroy the evidence, focusing the accelerant in the back bedroom, where the bodies were later located.
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Lamar, Keith Lawrence County Summary of Crime: During the riot at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility, Lamar murdered five prison inmates, Darrell Depina, Bruce Vitale, William Svette, Dennis Weaver and Albert Staiano, whom Lamar believed were informants. When prison inmates held prison guards and other inmates hostage, Lamar formed a group of prison inmates, called the “Death Squad,” to kill “snitches.” Between 04/11/93 and 04/21/93, on five separate occasions, Lamar and his followers beat, strangled and stabbed each victim to death. At the time, Lamar was serving a sentence for a 1989 murder conviction. (Lamar received the death sentence for the aggravated murders of Mr. Depina, Mr. Vitale, Mr. Svette, and Mr. Weaver.)
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Landrum, Lawrence Ross County Summary of Crime: On 09/19/85, Landrum murdered 84-year-old Harold White at his home in Chillicothe. Mr. White had previously shown Landrum his apartment, believing that Landrum wanted to rent it. Mr. White arrived home and caught Landrum and his juvenile accomplice, Grant Swackhammer, stealing money and nerve pills from his apartment. Landrum ordered Swackhammer to hit Mr. White on the head with a large railroad bolt, then Landrum attacked Mr. White and slit his throat with a kitchen knife. Landrum later bragged to several of his friends about the murder, offered to show them Mr. White’s body, and threatened to slit their throats if they told police.
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Lang, Edward Lee Stark County Summary of Crime: On 10/22/06, Lang and his accomplice, Antonio Walker, murdered local drug dealer, Jaron Burditte and his friend Marnell Cheek. Lang contacted Mr. Burditte by cell phone to set up a drug deal while Lang and Walker planned to rob Mr. Burditte at gunpoint. When Mr. Burditte arrived at the agreed upon location, Lang entered the vehicle alone and almost instantaneously shot Mr. Burditte and Ms. Cheek in the head with a 9mm pistol.
