
Stephanie Warsmith
Reporter at Akron Beacon Journal
Reporter at the Akron Beacon Journal, covering courts and criminal justice.
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4 days ago |
yahoo.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Kent State University will close its LGBTQ+ Center, Women’s Center and Student Multicultural Center in response to Senate Bill 1, the university announced June 2. The LGBTQ Resource Center at KSU’s Stark Campus also will be shut down and the university will discontinue an LGBTQ+ Living Learning Community that had been offered in its dorms.
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1 week ago |
beaconjournal.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Margo Prade was slain in November 1997; her ex-husband was convicted of her murder. Margo was the valedictorian of her class and completed an accelerated undergraduate program before getting her medical degree. Margo is mourned by many in the community, including her friends, family and thousands of former patients. When Donzella Anuszkiewicz heard that her best friend Dr. Margo Prade had been shot in November 1997, she sped over to her Akron medical office.
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1 week ago |
yahoo.com | Stephanie Warsmith
Former Akron police Capt. Doug Prade is the first — and only — Akron officer convicted of murder. His case is one of the most high-profile in Akron’s history and has been the subject of numerous true-crime documentaries. Prade has maintained his innocence in the November 1997 murder of his ex-wife, Dr. Margo Prade, from the start and reiterated this claim during a recent prison interview with the Beacon Journal.
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1 month ago |
indeonline.com | Stephanie Warsmith |Paula Schleis |Nancy Molnar
Stephanie Warsmith, Paula Schleis and Nancy MolnarUSA TODAY Network North OhioCarol Zastudil was found slain in her Perry Township home in December 1983. Eric Hoffman, her son, lays flowers on her grave each week and still hopes for justice in her slaying. Perry Township police reopened the case but got no conclusive results. Eric Hoffman can’t take his mother to brunch or buy her a gift on Mother’s Day. Instead, the Canton man will put roses on her grave.
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1 month ago |
the-review.com | Stephanie Warsmith |Paula Schleis |Nancy Molnar
Show Caption Hide Caption Eric Hoffman is searching for answers in the 1983 slaying of his motherAfter more than 40 years, Eric Hoffman still hopes for justice in the slaying of his mother, Carol Zastudil, in the family's Perry Township home. Carol Zastudil was found slain in her Perry Township home in December 1983. Eric Hoffman, her son, lays flowers on her grave each week and still hopes for justice in her slaying. Perry Township police reopened the case but got no conclusive results.
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Wishing a happy retirement to reporter Eric Marotta, who first worked at the Record Courier and then moved to the Beacon Journal a few years ago. Eric will be missed and we wish him well!! https://t.co/VTsNEusbN6

Summit jurors have reached a verdict in Erica Stefanko’s trial first the pizza delivery murder case.

Summit county jurors are about to begin deliberating in Erica Stefanko’s retrial for the pizza delivery murder case. Attorneys just finished closing statements. She is charged with aggravated murder and murder.