COLUMBUS — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost issued the following statement Frday regarding a guilty plea in the Rebecca Auborn case. “Today’s plea closes a tough case. An overwhelming amount of convincing evidence and an airtight investigation conducted by BCI and Columbus Police left no doubt that a conviction was forthcoming. “When law enforcement works […]
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COLUMN: ‘A Hunger to Kill’ jogs memories of covering Ashland serial killer Shawn Grate
Sept. 13, 2016. I was 25 and only about a year into my full-time job as a reporter when the news about Shawn Grate broke out of Ashland. At the time, the story was about a Jane Doe who had been allegedly kidnapped and tortured physically and sexually in an abandoned house. But we all […]
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Part I: Mark Jordan’s ode to iconic writer, storyteller Jim Bowsher
MANSFIELD — The telephone rang. It was a chilly late afternoon in December of 2003. I was sitting at the desk in my apartment that I rented from the Mansfield Playhouse, half of their old costume storage building. I answered the phone. It was Susie Schaus, the Playhouse secretary. “Mark, I have a message for […]
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Ohio’s cold-case serial offender gets life in prison
COLUMBUS — A serial offender who evaded law enforcement for three decades has been sentenced to life in prison and finally brought to justice, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, Franklin County Sheriff Dallas Baldwin and Licking County Sheriff Randy Thorp announced today. “Two cases believed to be connected yet seemingly unsolvable have led to a […]