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WATCH: Missing Women's Families Shared Hopes In 2009

OWN | Posted 05.09.2013 | OWN

In October 2009, "The Oprah Winfrey Show" featured the stories of three young Cleveland, Ohio, girls who had disappeared within blocks of one another ...

Sexually Abused Kidnap Victims Kept In 'Ropes And Chains': Police

Posted 05.08.2013 | Crime

The three kidnapped women who endured a decade inside a rundown Cleveland home were bound by ropes and chains and rarely let outside, according to Cle...

3 Women Were Trapped In Home On 'Pretty Nice' Block: Neighbor

AP | JESSE WASHINGTON | Posted 05.08.2013 | Crime

CLEVELAND — The block where horror happened has many faces. On one end, magnificent stained-glass windows rise two stories up a handsome brick ...

4 Adults Shot In Heads Found Dead In Ohio Basement

AP | Posted 04.19.2013 | Crime

AKRON, Ohio -- Four adults who had been shot in their heads were found dead Thursday in the basement of a townhome. Someone discovered the bodies at ...

Day Care Worker Allegedly Bites Child To Teach Him Not To Bite

AP | Posted 04.12.2013 | Crime

CINCINNATI -- A southwest Ohio day care worker has been charged with assault for allegedly biting a 5-year-old boy to teach him not to bite others. C...

'Craigslist Killer' Sentenced To Death

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 04.04.2013 | Crime

AKRON, Ohio -- A self-styled street preacher was sentenced to death Thursday in the killings of three down-and-out men lured by bogus job offers poste...

Man Accused Of Shooting Dog At Ohio Dog Park

AP | AMANDA LEE MYERS | Posted 04.03.2013 | Crime

CINCINNATI — A man accused of using a stun gun on a pit bull that fought with his dog at an Ohio park and then fatally shooting it has been arre...

Suspect Yells About God's Will After Allegedly Killing Father In Church

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 04.01.2013 | Crime

ASHTABULA, Ohio — Panicked witnesses to a fatal Easter service shooting in Ohio feared many might be killed as the victim's son approached the p...

WATCH: Man Rescued From Burning Pickup

The Huffington Post | David Moye | Posted 03.27.2013 | Crime

Three police officers in Euclid, Ohio, are credited with saving the life of a man trapped in a burning truck Saturday afternoon. The officers respo...

Teens Due In Court For Allegedly Threatening Steubenville Rape Victim Over Twitter

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Crime

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — Two Ohio teens accused of making online threats against a rape victim have denied the charges and been released on house ar...

Woman Killed By Ex In Murder-Suicide

Posted 03.25.2013 | Crime

A 20-year-old woman who, family members said, had endured months of "stalking, threats and harassment" was killed by her ex-boyfriend in an apparent m...

Former Marine Who Set Mosque Fire Can't Take Back Guilty Plea

AP | JOHN SEEWER | Posted 05.21.2013 | Crime

TOLEDO, Ohio — A former Marine who admitted setting fire to an Ohio mosque because he wanted revenge for the killings of American troops oversea...

'I Never Forced The Boys To Do Anything': Man Who Raped, Prostituted Kids

AP | DAN SEWELL | Posted 02.25.2013 | Crime

TROY, Ohio -- The one-story, brick ranch-style home blends into the working-class neighborhood along Nutmeg Square in this western Ohio city, offering...

Parents Forced Kids Into Boxes Wrapped In Duct Tape

AP | Posted 04.25.2013 | Crime

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — An eastern Ohio father has been sentenced to six months in prison for punishing his three children by forcing them into pla...

Doctor Accused Of Raping, Killing Pregnant WOman

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 02.22.2013 | Crime

DELAWARE, Ohio -- An Ohio doctor charged with raping and killing a pregnant woman who responded to an online job ad pleaded not guilty Thursday and is...

Butt-dialing Burglar's Phone Fingers Him To Cops

AP | Posted 02.07.2013 | Weird News

SIDNEY, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio say a pocket-dialing prowler got himself arrested after his cellphone turned informant. Twice. Investigators say ...

Autopsies Show Couple Shot 137 Times In Fatal Car Chase Used Cocaine

AP | Posted 03.27.2013 | Crime

CLEVELAND — Autopsies found cocaine in the systems of two unarmed people killed by police in Cleveland after a chase that ended with 13 officers...

'Cleaning Fairy' Who Broke Into Houses Arrested AGAIN After Snow Shoveling

Posted 01.23.2013 | Weird News

Susan Warren has had another dustup with the law. The 53-year-old woman, known by local media as the "Cleaning Fairy," was arrested on Tuesday in E...

Couple Admits To Forcing Kids Into Plastic Boxes

AP | Posted 03.25.2013 | Crime

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio — An eastern Ohio couple has pleaded guilty to punishing their three children by forcing them into plastic storage boxes seal...

Ashes To Ashes: Man Beats Down Brother With Urn

AP | Posted 01.22.2013 | Crime

LORAIN, Ohio -- An Ohio man has been accused of bashing his brother over the head with a cremation urn, breaking the urn and creating a cloud of human...

LOOK! Man Hoarded Hundreds Of Animals In Home

Reuters | Posted 03.22.2013 | Crime

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND, Ohio (Reuters) - Humane society members wearing protective masks removed nearly 300 animals including pigeons,...

Drug Dealer Killed Allegedly By 3 Men Who Want To 'Rid The World Of Evil'

AP | BRETT BARROUQUERE | Posted 03.19.2013 | Crime

-- Authorities are accusing three men of killing a convicted drug dealer in Kentucky and cutting up his body. Boone County Sheriff's Department spok...

Phony News Crew Uses Stun Gun On Unsuspecting Victims: Cops

Posted 01.16.2013 | Weird News

If you believe these guys are a news crew, you're in for a real shock. Two Cleveland men are accused of pretending to be journalists who filmed th...

Nurse Allegedly Offered Patient Money To Kill Woman

AP | THOMAS J. SHEERAN | Posted 03.18.2013 | Crime

LAKEWOOD, Ohio — An Ohio man hatched a plot to kill a woman he was in a home-ownership dispute with, authorities say, by approaching an emergenc...

Murder Trial Involving Eye Blinks Testimony Is Delayed

AP | Posted 01.07.2013 | Crime

CINCINNATI -- A long-delayed Ohio trial in which a dying man's videotaped eye blinks are to be used as testimony against the man charged with murderin...