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Diane Whitfield, a 46-year-old high school guidance counselor, was found dead in her kitchen due to acute hydrogen sulfide and gas asphyxiation caused by a deliberately loosened gas line fitting. Her husband, Robert Whitfield, had …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 14, 2026
View DetailsOn June 21, 2026, Amanda Leigh Wakut, 33, and Ricky Eastin, 35, were found shot dead inside a home in Lakewood, Ohio. The shooter, Stephen Davis, 45, believed to be Wakut's boyfriend, then took his …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: June 21, 2026
View DetailsAlyssa Nicole Hill, a 27-year-old waitress and mother of two, was fatally stabbed by her ex-boyfriend Rick Wright, 37, while working at a Skyline Chili restaurant in Norwood, Cincinnati. Wright, who had a history of …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: June 2, 2026
View DetailsShalimar Chandler Green and her 11-year-old daughter, Aliv'eyah Chandler, were killed in Columbus, Ohio. Derrick Green, the estranged husband of Shalimar, is accused of shooting and stabbing both victims multiple times. After his arrest, Derrick …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: May 27, 2026
View DetailsErica L. Frank, 32, was fatally stabbed by her boyfriend Juanito Homero Ackerman, 36, on April 25, 2026, in Columbus, Ohio. Police responded to a reported stabbing and found Frank with multiple stab wounds. Ackerman …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 25, 2026
View DetailsClaire Olmsted Buckley, 72, was fatally shot in a murder-suicide incident involving her husband, Frederick Buckley, 70, who died by self-inflicted gunshot wound at their home in Liberty Township, Middletown, Ohio. The couple's son-in-law reported …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: April 1, 2026
View DetailsOn February 16, 2026, Ashley Elizabeth Smith, known as Ashley Flynn, was shot twice in the back of the head while in the master bedroom of her home in Tipp City, Ohio. Her husband, Caleb …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 16, 2026
View DetailsCaleb Flynn called 911 reporting an intruder who shot his wife Ashley Flynn in their home. Police found Ashley dead from at least one gunshot wound to the head. Caleb was arrested and charged with …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 16, 2026
View DetailsOn February 16, 2026, 37-year-old Ashley Elizabeth Flynn died from multiple gunshot wounds at her home in Tipp City, Ohio. Her husband, Caleb Flynn, a 39-year-old former American Idol contestant, was named as a suspect …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 16, 2026
View DetailsOn January 6, 2026, Akron police responded to a welfare check at the home of married couple Sharleen Kohnke (60) and Robert Kohnke (39). Both were found dead from gunshot wounds to the head. The …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: Jan. 6, 2026
View DetailsSpencer and Monnique Teepe, a married couple living in Columbus, Ohio, were found shot to death in their home on December 30, 2025. Spencer was shot multiple times, and Monnique was shot at least once. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 30, 2025
View DetailsMichael David McKee, a 39-year-old vascular surgeon from Illinois, was indicted by an Ohio grand jury for the double homicide of his ex-wife Monique Tepe and her husband Dr. Spencer Tepe. The couple was shot …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 30, 2025
View DetailsEzekiel Ananias James, 20, is accused of fatally shooting his 18-year-old girlfriend, Haiden Babiuch, on December 6, 2025, at his family home in Oregon, Ohio. James was released from jail just days earlier on December …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 6, 2025
View DetailsRalph and Margaret Salvino, married for 58 years, were found dead in an apparent murder-suicide at their home in Canton, Ohio, on November 19, 2025. Ralph, 84, who was diagnosed with cancer, is believed to …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder-Suicide | Date: Nov. 19, 2025
View DetailsCameron Martin, 20, was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and aggravated vehicular homicide after allegedly running over his pregnant girlfriend, Stephanie Householder, 21, during an argument on July 19, 2025, in East Liverpool, Ohio. The incident …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: July 19, 2025
View DetailsIn March 2025, a dog fight in a Toledo, Ohio household led Martina Esqueda to falsely accuse Austin Bradshaw of assaulting her, resulting in his kidnapping and a week-long brutal torture orchestrated by Esqueda and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: March 14, 2025
View DetailsOn January 7, 2025, Autumn Nicole Ward, 32, was shot in the head and killed by her boyfriend, Gage Michael Smith, in Columbus, Ohio. Smith called police admitting responsibility. Initially charged with murder, Smith pleaded …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 7, 2025
View DetailsOn January 1, 2025, Olivia Clendenin, 29, from Franklin, Ohio, discovered her estranged husband and boyfriend were both at a New Year's Eve party at a house on Dearth Road, Clearcreek Township, Warren County. After …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Attempted Murder | Date: Jan. 1, 2025
View DetailsMagnus Suresh, a 26-year-old procurement analyst on an H-1B visa, was mentored and later romantically involved with her boss, Neil Kapadia, VP at Meridian Data Systems. Over 19 months, Kapadia controlled her career and visa …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Non-Murder | Date: Oct. 18, 2024
View DetailsOn January 8, 2024, 76-year-old Lucinda Wright was fatally stabbed in her home in Lima, Ohio by 24-year-old Daniel Wood, a Navy deserter. Wood broke into Wright's home intending to steal her Toyota Camry and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Jan. 8, 2024
View DetailsTiffany Morrison, a devoted mother of three, was murdered by her husband Christopher Morrison after she decided to leave him for independence and a new life. The couple had a long relationship starting in 2007, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 18, 2023
View DetailsAccording to the report, 26-year-old India was shot in her home on March 4, 2023, while nine months pregnant and due to give birth. Her boyfriend, identified primarily as Kon Warren but also referred to …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: March 4, 2023
View DetailsOn July 31, 2022, in Strongsville, Ohio, McKenzie Sheirilla, aged 17 at the time, drove a car at high speed into a wall, killing her boyfriend Dominic Rosso and his friend Davian Flanigan. The incident …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 31, 2022
View DetailsHeidi L. Grant, married to Christopher S. Franklin for just under two months and in a relationship for 2.5 years, fatally shot Franklin on January 13, 2022, after a confrontation at their home in Antwerp, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Jan. 13, 2022
View DetailsOn May 18, 2021, in Blendon Township, Ohio, Jamie Nicole Fulton, aged 35, was found dead in the middle of Westerville Road after being assaulted and dragged into traffic by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Antoine …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: May 18, 2021
View DetailsIn April 2021, Jayla Wyatt, a 23-year-old mother of two, was fatally shot six times in an apartment in Zanesville, Ohio. The murder was motivated by jealousy, as Tristaney Baker was angry that Wyatt was …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: April 27, 2021
View DetailsIn March 2021, 31-year-old Matthew Dunmier was lured to a weekend meeting in Ohio by Chelsea Perkins (also known as OnlyFans model Selena Savage), a former high school acquaintance who harbored deep resentment over an …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 6, 2021
View DetailsOn or about July 4, 2020,Delehanty was fatally stabbed multiple times in his Deerfield Township apartment by his partner/wife Stormy Delehanty. The couple, described as heavy drinkers, had an altercation during which Delehanty claims she …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: July 4, 2020
View DetailsOn October 24, 2019, Chris Marks, a 58-year-old mother, was fatally stabbed in Akron, Ohio, in a premeditated attack orchestrated by her adopted daughter Taylor Marks and Taylor's boyfriend Brian Smith. The attack was carried …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Oct. 24, 2019
View DetailsAccording to the source, Gurpreet Singh allegedly killed his wife, Shalinder Kaur, her parents, and another relative in their West Chester, Ohio, home on April 28, 2019. The report attributes the alleged killings to a …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: April 28, 2019
View DetailsOn April 28, 2019, four family members including Shalinderjit Kaur (wife), her father Hakiakat Singh Pannag, mother Parmjit Kaur, and aunt Amarjit Kaur were found shot to death in their apartment in West Chester Township, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 28, 2019
View DetailsIn June 2017, George Brinkman Jr. committed a brutal two-day killing spree in Ohio, murdering Suzanne Taylor and two others in North Royalton, followed by an elderly couple in Lake Township. Brinkman, who had longstanding …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 10, 2017
View DetailsShannon Graves, living in Youngstown, Ohio, was in a tumultuous and physically violent relationship with Arturo Novoa. After their separation and brief reconciliation, Shannon disappeared on February 24, 2017. Arturo and his longtime romantic partner …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 24, 2017
View DetailsShannon Graves disappeared in early 2017 in Youngstown, Ohio. Her boyfriend, Arturo Novoa, initially claimed she left town voluntarily, but suspicions arose when Shannon's dog was left behind and her phone was used by others. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Feb. 24, 2017
View DetailsIn 2017, Shannon Elizabeth Graves disappeared after a troubled relationship with Arturo Novoa, who had a criminal past. Her dismembered remains were found in a freezer stored by Novoa at a friend's house. Novoa and …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Feb. 24, 2017
View DetailsAshley Zh, a five-year-old girl, was raised initially by her paternal grandparents and later forcibly taken to live with her biological parents, Liang Dao and Ming, who ran a Chinese carry-out restaurant in Ohio. Ashley …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: Jan. 4, 2017
View DetailsAccording to the source, eight members of the Roden family were killed during the night of April 21-22, 2016, in Pike County, Ohio. The report connects the massacre to a prolonged custody dispute involving Hannah …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Family Homicide | Date: April 21, 2016
View DetailsThe Roden family massacre involved the murder of eight family members in Pike County, Ohio, in April 2016. The killings were orchestrated by the Wagner family, motivated by a custody dispute over Hannah Miroden's daughter, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: April 21, 2016
View DetailsIn September 2015, Ryan Zimmerman was murdered and dismembered in Columbus, Ohio. In January 2016, human remains were discovered in a wooded area off US Route 127 in Mercer County, Ohio, showing signs of clean …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 27, 2015
View DetailsRyan Zimmerman, a 21-year-old from Kentucky, moved to Columbus, Ohio, to live with Corey Buzzard and his wife Sarah Buzzard, along with transgender woman Naira Jen Whitaker. Ryan was exploring his gender identity and sexuality. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Sept. 25, 2015
View DetailsLieutenant William Walker, a Cleveland firefighter, was shot four times outside his home on November 3, 2013, shortly after his wife, Uloma Curry Walker, sent him to buy food. The source reports that investigators eventually …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 3, 2013
View DetailsOn March 24, 2013, Aliza Sherman, a 53-year-old fertility specialist, was stabbed 11 times and murdered in broad daylight on a downtown Cleveland sidewalk while waiting for a meeting with her divorce attorney. The murder …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 24, 2013
View DetailsIn June 2012, Ashley Biggs, a 25-year-old Army veteran and Domino's delivery driver, was lured to a fake pizza delivery address by her ex-boyfriend Chad Cobb during a bitter custody battle. Chad attacked and murdered …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 20, 2012
View DetailsKatelyn Markham, engaged to John Carter, disappeared in August 2011. John reported her missing, but inconsistencies in his alibi and evidence suggested foul play. Her remains were found in 2013 in Indiana, ruled a homicide. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Aug. 14, 2011
View DetailsOn March 22, 2011, Summer Inman Cook was abducted after finishing a custodial shift at a bank in Logan, Ohio. The source reports that her estranged husband, William "Willie" Inman, his parents William "Billy" Inman …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 22, 2011
View DetailsSamer Inman, a 25-year-old mother of three, disappeared after her night shift at Century National Bank. She had recently filed for divorce from her controlling and violent ex-husband William Inman Jr. (Bill). The Inman family, …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: March 22, 2011
View DetailsSarah Widmer died by drowning in the bathtub of the home she shared with her husband, Ryan Widmer, on August 11, 2008. Ryan told emergency dispatchers that Sarah had fallen asleep in the bathtub, but …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Domestic Violence Homicide | Date: Aug. 11, 2008
View DetailsMatthew Podolak, a 31-year-old engaged father in Cleveland, Ohio, became progressively ill in 2006 and died after kidney failure and severe metabolic problems. An autopsy identified chronic ethylene glycol poisoning, and the death was later …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: July 31, 2006
View DetailsBrian Shaffer, a second-year medical student at Ohio State University, was last seen on CCTV at approximately 1:55 a.m. on April 1, 2006, outside the Ugly Tuna Saloona in Columbus, Ohio. He returned inside the …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: April 1, 2006
View DetailsDonna Marie Roberts, a 57-year-old woman with a history of multiple marriages and a wild lifestyle, was arrested and convicted for orchestrating the murder of her husband, Robert Fingerhans, in their home in Youngstown, Ohio. …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Dec. 12, 2001
View DetailsEmily Mori, a 20-year-old university student in Gambier, Ohio, disappeared after her night shift in 2000. Her body was later found in a trailer owned by Gregory McKnight, a restaurant cook and acquaintance. McKnight was …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: Nov. 3, 2000
View DetailsOn June 7, 1998, in Barberton, Ohio, Judy Elkins was murdered and her granddaughter Brooke Sutton was sexually assaulted by Earl Mann. Clarence Elkins was wrongfully convicted for the crimes but later exonerated after serving …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Murder | Date: June 7, 1998
View DetailsDana Whitfield, a 25-year-old mother of four, disappeared after being seen calmly walking with three strangers in a parking lot. Investigators uncovered a tracking device on her car, a fabricated engine failure, and her ex-husband …
Country: United States | Incident Type: Missing Person / Presumed Homicide | Date: None
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