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Yahoo
03-07-2025
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Woman gets maximum possible term for murdering mother at Norfolk senior living facility
NORFOLK — A woman who admitted helping her son strangle her 81-year-old mother to death in a Norfolk senior living facility has been sentenced to 40 years in prison. The term issued to Heather Cummings last week was the maximum she could get after pleading guilty to second-degree murder earlier this year. Prosecutors agreed not to seek a first-degree murder charge and withdrew a conspiracy charge against her in exchange for the plea. Cummings' son, Clifton Cummings, is scheduled for trial next month. Cummings' mother, Cleo Loizides, was at an assisted living and nursing facility on Poplar Hall Drive at the time of her June 30, 2024 death. Bruises and other marks were discovered on her neck, face and wrists, according to a statement of facts entered into evidence in the case. An autopsy determined she died from asphyxiation. Staff at Commonwealth Senior Living at Leigh Hall told police they last saw Loizides alive around dinnertime, and that Heather and Clifton Cummings arrived for a visit later that evening. Surveillance footage showed they were the only ones to go into Loizides' room that night. Clifton Cummings told detectives he and his mother drove to Norfolk from their home in Hobart, Indiana, for the purpose of killing Loizides, and that he used a purse strap to strangle her while his mother held her down, according to prosecutors. Heather Cummings, then 53, initially suggested that her mother died from natural causes, but admitted to helping kill her when when confronted with the autopsy results and her son's statements, prosecutors said. Cummings told police she believed her mother had killed her father three years earlier. John Loizides' July 2021 death was ruled an accident, according to prosecutors. Jane Harper,
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Yahoo
Police: Young girl at home when 2 men shot, killed each other on porch in Springfield
Police say two men are dead after shooting each other in Springfield on Sunday night and a young girl was home when it happened. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Springfield police were dispatched to the 2100 block of Larch Street on initial reports of a shooting just after 10:15 p.m. TRENDING STORIES: Police chief comments on reported ICE raid in Greene County Man banned from every single Walmart arrested again at Ohio Walmart Employee hurt by exploding toilet at city hall When police got to the scene, they found two men shot on the porch. One man, 35-year-old Clifton Cummings, was pronounced dead at the scene. The second man, 30-year-old Spencer Sharp, was taken to Springfield Regional Medical Center where he later died. As reported on News Center 7 at 5:00, police said that they're still trying to untangle all the circumstances that led to the shooting. 'An initial investigation revealed that this could have been an aggravated burglary or even an aggravated robbery,' Springfield Police Sergeant James Byron said. 'Shots were exchanged. Unfortunately, two subjects were killed.' The shooting happened while a toddler was inside. 'Officers did have to force entry into the house to get that child,' Byron said. 'Her welfare is fine, she was not injured in the incident, and she's been taken care of.' Police said they'd not had any previous contact with Cummings but were familiar with Sharp, who was the resident of the home where the shooting happened. As News Center 7 reported on Monday, the home had several security cameras around the outside of the home. Police said those were collected as evidence and are being examined. Springfield Police believe there may be other people in the community that might have information about the shooting. They're asked to contact the department at (937) 324-7716. [SIGN UP: WHIO-TV Daily Headlines Newsletter]
