Tag: true crime tuesday
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Cold Case Quest: Monica Lampkins
An unknown assailant took Monica Lampkins’s life on February 5, 2006 . She had been stabbed while in front the apartment complex where she had been living in Columbus, Ohio. People walking in the area saw Lampkins collapse and called for help. Shortly after the homicide, the case stalled and eventually became a cold case.…
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Cold Case Quest: Anesia Rogers
Unfortunately, not too long after the homicide of Anesia Rogers in 1988, her case became a cold case. Her case was brought up again in the newspaper on November 27, 1994. I have not find any information about the case after 1994. Anesia Rogers was strangled on Wednesday, August 3, 1998 before someone set her…
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Cold Case Quest: Susan DeNoma
On May 20, 1982, Susan DeNoma’s mother went to Susan’s apartment to check on her since she had not gone to work. Her mother found her body in the bedroom of her Cincinnati apartment. Susan had been stabbed but the cause of death was strangulation. The police eliminated a possible suspect in 1994. There…
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Cold Case Quest: Marilyn Blassingame Randolph
Marilyn Blassingame Randolph was 35 years-old at the time of her death. She would have been about 56 years- old in 2021. The date of Marilyn’s homicide was Monday, January 10, 2000. It was the second homicide of the year 2000 in Cincinnati. Where: The boyfriend had just gotten off of work. He came to…
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Marilyn Blassingame Randolph: Cold Case Quest
Marilyn Blassingame Randolph was 35 years old at the time of her death. She would have been about 56 years- old in 2021. The date of Marilyn’s homicide was Monday, January 10, 2000. It was the second homicide of the year 2000 in Cincinnati. The boyfriend had just gotten off of work. He came to…
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Cold Case Quest: Brenda Morrison
35 -year -old Brenda Morrison was found in her apartment on the East side of Columbus after being beaten and strangled. Morrison was the fourth strangulation victim in 1992. Her homicide occurred on May 21, 1992. The police did not believe that it was a home invasion since there were no signs of a break-in.…
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Cold Case Quest: Lois D. Smith
Lois D. Smith was working as an office manager for the Urban Hollow apartment complex when she was killed on April 8, 1981. According to the Columbus Dispatch, Smith had just returned from lunch. The maintenance man saw her shortly before someone bludgeoned her to death. There had been other thefts at the same office…
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Cold case Quest: Tina Johnson, Maria Gruden, and Nadine Frank
The cases of Tina Johnson, Maria Gruden and Nadine Frank are not necessarily connected. We don’t know enough about their personal lives to say that they lived in a similar way. However, the homicides occurred on the east side of Columbus. All three ladies were stabbed. They were between the ages of 19 and 32.…
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Cold Case Quest: Alice Laskey, Helen Banner and Carrie Walker
Unfortunately, the elderly are victims of crime more often than anyone would think. It’s almost unthinkable. Who would want to hurt Nana or Pop-pop? The elderly are generally victims of elder abuse (emotional and physical abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, etc.), which I have seen first-hand. Violent crimes against the elderly are slightly less common but…
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Cold Case Quest: Denise Collins and Thax Winston, Jr.
Who would want to end the lives of Denise Collins and Thax Winston, Jr. ? The pair were romantically involved. Unfortunately, their relationship came to an abrupt end in 2005. Collins and Winston were shot while at Winston’s apartment on 4th Avenue in Columbus, Ohio. The incident happened prior to 6 p.m. on January 14,…
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