The Ohio parole board is faced with a gruesome case: a man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend’s 6-month-old daughter so brutally that she died claims he didn’t intend to kill her but was too drunk to realize she was dying.

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In a rare case of siblings working together, brothers Gary and Thaddeus Lewingdon teamed up and murdered ten people between 1977 and 1978 in the state of Ohio.

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It didn’t take long for an Ohio jury to convict Richard Beasley of the charges against him, including aggravated murder and murder. The next step for the same jury panel will be to decide whether to recommend the death penalty for the 54-year-old man.

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Witness Vanessa Gay testifies during serial killer Anthony Sowell’s trial about partying in his house, being violently and repeatedly raped at his hands and seeing a headless body in the house.

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In November, 17-year-old Brogan Rafferty was sentenced to life without parole for his part in three murders and one attempted murder. Now it’s time for an Ohio jury to decide the fate of the man Rafferty’s attorneys argued was the mastermind behind the killings. Jury deliberations began Monday evening.

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Duct tape is so versatile, it can even help you lose your kids. An Ohio mom has been arrested after she allegedly sent a photo of her 8-year-old son with mouth, eyes and forehead completely covered in duct tape to the boy’s dad.

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Kevin Neal called 911 to report his children missing. Neal said he was inside cleaning in the house, when he no longer heard the children playing outside. His wife was sure he was had hurt them saying, “What the have you done with my kids!” Their bodies weren’t found for months. Even so, forensic experts were able to use insect activity to catch a sexual predator.

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Friday, January 22, 2010, started out like any other typical winter’s day in North Ridgeville, Ohio, until Duane Hurley was found bludgeoned to death in his home, and young Danny became the prime suspect. Danny’s confession confirmed what police already suspected, but shocked all those who knew them both.

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Stripper Lauren Block, 22, who has been fighting for her life in a Cleveland, Ohio, hospital after falling headfirst over the second story railing during a lap dance on January 2, 2013, at Christie’s Cabaret has died of her injuries. A former co-worker questions the official explanation of the accident.

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On January 2, 2013, Cleveland, Ohio, stripper Lauren Block, 22, was performing a lap dance on the second-floor balcony of Christie’s Cabaret, when she unsuccessfully tried to "complete some sort of jump/dance move," that nearly killed her.

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