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Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man Fatally Shot While Mowing His Lawn in Broad Daylight in Suspected Murder-Suicide: Reports
A man in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being shot while mowing his lawn in the middle of the day in a suspected murder-suicide, according to multiple local reports The victim has been identified as Thomas Overall, 68, per Cleveland 19 News, Fox 8 News and News 5 Cleveland The suspected shooter was discovered deceased from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle nearby, News 5 Cleveland statedA man in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being fatally shot while mowing his lawn in broad daylight in a suspected murder-suicide, according to reports. On Wednesday, May 14, at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time, the Cleveland Police Department was called to the 15700 block of Munn Road in the West Park neighborhood, Cleveland 19 News reported. Officers found a man who had been fatally shot at the scene. Per Fox 8 News, News 5 Cleveland and Cleveland 19 News, the victim has been identified as Thomas Overall, 68. A neighbor told Cleveland 19 News that Overall had been out mowing the lawn at the time of the shooting. Cleveland Police found the suspect dead inside a vehicle nearby on Hogsback Lane near the Stinchcomb-Groth Memorial in the Rocky River Reservation, according to News 5 Cleveland. The suspect was discovered deceased with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the outlet stated. Tributes have been pouring in for Overall, with his loved ones telling Fox 8 News in a statement, "Tom's immediate and extended family are shocked and grief-stricken over his loss. He was well-liked and well-loved by everyone who knew him." "Originally from Missouri, Tom moved to Cleveland with a job opportunity decades ago. He quickly adopted Cleveland as his hometown and loved it here. He loved his neighborhood and his neighbors and the family is appreciative of all the prayers and love shown by those neighbors during this difficult time," they added, per the outlet. The victim was preparing to go on a hiking trip to Spain with members of the Cleveland Hiking Club (CHC) on Friday, May 16, Fox 8 News stated. CHC President, Sharon Uhl, said in a statement, 'Tom was a member of CHC since 2013 and hiked almost 6,000 miles with us. Many members knew him and hiked those miles with him, enjoying his company on the trail," the outlet reported. "He planned to leave May 16 for a 2-week hike in Spain with a group of CHC members. We are shocked and saddened by his needless death. A wonderful person, a loss for so many!' Uhl added, per the publication. Cleveland Ward 17 Councilman Charles Slife said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, "I visited and spoke with neighbors, who are understandably shocked and distraught … Please pray for the victim and for his neighbors who are processing this senseless act of violence." Debbie Orlosky, who lived close by, said of Overall, "He was the greatest ... We just, we just loved him; all of us," per News 5 Cleveland. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said of the shooting at a town hall meeting on Wednesday, "I know today has been a challenging day in the neighborhood. Our hearts and our prayers are with the victims of the murder-suicide that took place earlier today," the outlet stated. Neighbors described the suspect as a "volatile" person who has reportedly had multiple run-ins with the law and other residents, Fox 8 News noted, while also highlighting that the investigation is ongoing. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner tells PEOPLE that they do not have any further information to release as of the time of publication. Cleveland Police Department and a spokesperson for Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's office didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
16-05-2025
- Yahoo
Man Fatally Shot While Mowing His Lawn in Broad Daylight in Suspected Murder-Suicide: Reports
A man in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being shot while mowing his lawn in the middle of the day in a suspected murder-suicide, according to multiple local reports The victim has been identified as Thomas Overall, 68, per Cleveland 19 News, Fox 8 News and News 5 Cleveland The suspected shooter was discovered deceased from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound in a vehicle nearby, News 5 Cleveland statedA man in Cleveland, Ohio, has died after being fatally shot while mowing his lawn in broad daylight in a suspected murder-suicide, according to reports. On Wednesday, May 14, at approximately 1:30 p.m. local time, the Cleveland Police Department was called to the 15700 block of Munn Road in the West Park neighborhood, Cleveland 19 News reported. Officers found a man who had been fatally shot at the scene. Per Fox 8 News, News 5 Cleveland and Cleveland 19 News, the victim has been identified as Thomas Overall, 68. A neighbor told Cleveland 19 News that Overall had been out mowing the lawn at the time of the shooting. Cleveland Police found the suspect dead inside a vehicle nearby on Hogsback Lane near the Stinchcomb-Groth Memorial in the Rocky River Reservation, according to News 5 Cleveland. The suspect was discovered deceased with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the outlet stated. Tributes have been pouring in for Overall, with his loved ones telling Fox 8 News in a statement, "Tom's immediate and extended family are shocked and grief-stricken over his loss. He was well-liked and well-loved by everyone who knew him." "Originally from Missouri, Tom moved to Cleveland with a job opportunity decades ago. He quickly adopted Cleveland as his hometown and loved it here. He loved his neighborhood and his neighbors and the family is appreciative of all the prayers and love shown by those neighbors during this difficult time," they added, per the outlet. The victim was preparing to go on a hiking trip to Spain with members of the Cleveland Hiking Club (CHC) on Friday, May 16, Fox 8 News stated. CHC President, Sharon Uhl, said in a statement, 'Tom was a member of CHC since 2013 and hiked almost 6,000 miles with us. Many members knew him and hiked those miles with him, enjoying his company on the trail," the outlet reported. "He planned to leave May 16 for a 2-week hike in Spain with a group of CHC members. We are shocked and saddened by his needless death. A wonderful person, a loss for so many!' Uhl added, per the publication. Cleveland Ward 17 Councilman Charles Slife said in a Facebook post on Wednesday, "I visited and spoke with neighbors, who are understandably shocked and distraught … Please pray for the victim and for his neighbors who are processing this senseless act of violence." Debbie Orlosky, who lived close by, said of Overall, "He was the greatest ... We just, we just loved him; all of us," per News 5 Cleveland. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb said of the shooting at a town hall meeting on Wednesday, "I know today has been a challenging day in the neighborhood. Our hearts and our prayers are with the victims of the murder-suicide that took place earlier today," the outlet stated. Neighbors described the suspect as a "volatile" person who has reportedly had multiple run-ins with the law and other residents, Fox 8 News noted, while also highlighting that the investigation is ongoing. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner tells PEOPLE that they do not have any further information to release as of the time of publication. Cleveland Police Department and a spokesperson for Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb's office didn't immediately respond when contacted by PEOPLE for additional information. Read the original article on People
Yahoo
15-05-2025
- Yahoo
‘We solved my mother's murder': Mansfield doctor up for parole; son speaks out
MANSFIELD, Ohio (WJW) – New Year's Eve 1989, Collier Landry, 11, was in his bed at 3:18 a.m. when he said he heard two loud thuds in the house. 'I can hear my father, voice really low, like murmuring, and I'm laying in my bed, and I always sleep with my door open as a kid, and I'm laying in my bed, and I'm just kind of frozen,' he told Fox 8 News. Pregnant woman, 2 children die in Kingsville Township trailer home fire 'Everything inside me at that moment is telling me, don't look up.' Collier Landry 'I'm trying to think of, like, what to do. Do I get up? Do I or what do I do? And I'm just trying to think of all the scenarios, like, what could I do? I'm a child. My father, six foot three, what is going on in there? But I decide to stay in my bed and I'm just holding this pose and I and I hear the footsteps walk down the hall and out of my peripheral vision, I can see my father's feet standing in the doorway because I recognize his shoes and everything inside me at that moment is telling me, don't look up,' said Landry. In the morning his mother was not there. 'I came downstairs, and I confronted my father. He was sitting in our living room on our couch, and he had a towel wrapped around his waist. He had just gotten out of the shower, and I said, 'Where is my mother?' And he didn't say anything at first. And I said again. I said, 'Where is my mother?' And I'll never forget. He just looked up so coldly and just said to me, 'Well, Mommy took a little vacation Collier.'' 'Mommy took a little vacation, Collier.' Collier Landry testimony 'Right then, I knew he had done something to her.' Landry's father, John Boyle, a prominent osteopathic physician in Mansfield, convinced him not to call police. But Landry had kept telephone numbers for some of his mother's closest friends, and he reasoned they could call police. 'Drug trafficking enterprise' taken down on Cleveland's westside: I-Team At that point Noreen Boyle was just considered a missing person. Detective David Messmore took the case believing within a day or two Noreen would return home. But during his first visit to the Boyle home, he said Collier was adamant that something had happened to his mother and he wanted to share what he knew with Messmore. NE Ohio man faces felony in 'worst' animal cruelty case 'All the detectives that work for me in the Major Crimes were busy. They had a lot of work to do, there were stabbings and armed robberies and burglaries. And so, I took the case myself just to dispose of. And hopefully I would find out that she was back home the next day. Not that didn't happen. I went to the house and talked to him for a short period of time, and he was very, very upset,' said Messmore. 'His grandmother was Dr. Boyle's mother was there, and she walked around and any time she got away from us, Collier would indicate to me that he was very concerned. And so I came back that evening, I probably seven or 8:00 at night, and I wanted to talk to him again and she said, no, there wasn't a day where I could talk to him,' said Messmore. Arrests made in 'prolonged, severe' torture of 6 children Impressed by Collier's maturity at his young age and his determination to share what he knew, the detective started meeting with Collier at his school. 'He actually was extremely concerned, and said his mother never left without telling him where she was going or he would be with her. And so, Collier is a very convincing 11-and-a-half-year-old. I mean, he was, is very intelligent and it raised a lot of red flags.' Collier was already aware that his father had an extramarital affair and that his mother had filed for divorce. 'I must have talked to him for, I think like, probably 2 hours and just laid out the entire timeline of what I knew about my parent's marriage, my father's proclivity for violence, his apoplectic temper. My mother and my fear of him, the divorce, the girlfriend, everything I knew,' said Landry. Authorities searched the Boyle house in Mansfield but found no evidence of foul play there. But Messmore discovered that Dr. Boyle bought a home near Erie, Pennsylvania, with his girlfriend posing as his wife. The doctor had also rented a jackhammer in Mansfield and purchased concrete mix and indoor-outdoor carpeting in Erie days in advance of his wife's disappearance. He obtained a search warrant for the Pennsylvania house first focusing on the garage where he found nothing unusual about the cement floor. 'And so I turned as I opened the door into the basement, there was a very loud odor of fresh concrete and paint,' said Messmore. In the basement were new wooden shelves that had just been built. Underneath them was another piece of the indoor-outdoor carpeting. Judge reduces Menendez brothers' murder sentences Another detective found a piece of what appeared to be some uncured concrete, so they removed the shelving and underneath the carpeting they found an area where the cement was not yet fully dried and underneath it they found a body buried in a tarp. 'There was a tarp which I knew he had purchased a tarp, and we finally excavated all of that and as they pulled the tarp up there was a body in it and we unrolled it and I looked at the picture and it was definitely Noreen,' said Messmore. Police in Mansfield went to the Boyle home and placed Dr. Boyle under arrest. What followed was one of the most publicized trials ever in Ohio. Cameras were permitted in the courtroom, and a television had been placed in the hallway of the courthouse where an overflow crowd could watch the trial. 'Outraged': Cats thrown from truck onto local highway Messmore sat at the prosecutors table through the entire proceeding. One of the key witnesses against his dad at the trial was Collier. 'No child wants to be in that situation where they're testifying against one parent, no matter how terrible the parent is or what they might think for the murder of another parent,' said Landry. 'I, I don't regret standing up for my mother. I don't regret testifying. I don't regret, I mean, I regret the situation, if that makes sense. But I don't regret doing what I did,' he told Fox 8 News. A jury convicted Boyle of murder, and he was sentenced to 20 years-to-life in prison. With his mother dead and his father in prison, Collier said no one in his extended family wanted to raise him. Man wanted for alleged rape and beating of elderly woman in Cleveland By now he had developed a close relationship with Messmore and his family and asked the detective if they would adopt him. Messmore agreed, but a local judge rejected the request, placing Collier with another family and denying him the opportunity to even visit with the Messmores. Landry avoided having any relationship with his father. For years he says he received threatening letters from prison with his dad demanding he recant his testimony. On his 18th birthday he showed up at the Messmore's house. The detective said Landry told them no one could keep him from visiting them any longer. 'Dave and I have a bond that I will never have with anyone else in my life. He together, we solved my mother's murder. He stood up. He helped me. He helped give me a voice, a voice to the voiceless and helped convict my father of a heinous crime that he could have gotten away with if it wasn't for him,' said Landry. Now 47 years old, the same age as his father was when he was convicted, Landry lives in Los Angeles where he produced a film called 'Murder in Mansfield.' For that documentary he finally confronted his father, now in the Marion Correctional Institution, but got no answers to what or why he did what he did. He is the host of a podcast focusing on the investigation and the conviction of his father. It was during a podcast that his dad finally offered an explanation, not an apology, for what he said happened. WATCH: State trooper rescues loose dog on I-77 Dr. Boyle contends it was during a heated argument that Noreen fell hitting her head. He placed a plastic bag over her head and kept her nearby until the next day when he drove her body to the house near Erie and buried her there. Detectives, however, say there was a mountain of evidence to show that the crime was planned days, if not weeks, in advance to kill and bury his wife, so Dr. Boyle could move into his new home with his pregnant girlfriend. Boyle was denied parole in 2010 and again in 2020. But later this year he will once again be eligible for parole. Landry, who for years has called his father a monster, says he has mixed emotions. 'How do you let someone who has been incarcerated for 35 years out on the street when the entire world has changed and is that even compassionate? What is he going to get a job? He can't be a doctor again, you know. He is 82 years old. And so those are a lot of factors that come in, the compassion of release in my mind. And also, is he even ready to rejoin society? Because I don't know if he has come to grips with the crime that he committed, more than willing to admit his part in it fully as he probably should,' said Landry. Messmore is more direct in what he believes, saying he is willing to write to or speak with members of the parole board. 'He could stay there until he is expired, until his life has ended; he has no business getting out,' said Messmore. 'He has no business getting out.' Detective David Messmore, Mansfield Police Department (ret.) In the meantime, Messmore and Landry continue to have a close relationship. Landry visits the Messmore family when he is in Mansfield. He likes to re-direct attention on his story to his mother. 'Victims get lost in all of this. We really focus on the killer, and what they have done; we never think about the beautiful woman that my mother was and the kind and caring and generous person she was,' said Landry. He wants to use his voice and his platform to be a positive influence for others who have experienced tragedy. 'The most important thing I like your viewers to take away from is and this might sound strange, but I am grateful that and I hope that I can show by leading a good life that you don't have to let these things define who you are.' Check out his podcast here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Daily Mail
02-05-2025
- Daily Mail
Appalling handwritten letter that 'Florida teacher wrote to fifth grader' made mother's blood run cold
A Florida mother has recalled her horror at finding a 'love letter' addressed to her 11-year-old daughter which she says was sent by a teacher. Ann and Jason Mitchell, the parents of the unnamed student, reported concerns of grooming to the school's principal in March after discovering the two-page letter in their daughter's bedroom, WWSB News reported. The sheriff's office has confirmed that an investigation is ongoing and a harassment charge in relation to bullying is expected to be filed soon. Daily Mail is choosing not to name the teacher unless they have been charged. 'You know I truly love you no matter what, that will never change,' the letter said. 'I really love being your teacher and more importantly, I love how close we have gotten this year.' '[It was] incredibly upsetting as a father,' Jason Mitchell told Fox 8 News. 'What more could he have done to my daughter?' On Tuesday, the Manatee County School Board held a meeting to discuss the matter, at which Ann described the teacher's alleged classroom behavior as 'serious and egregious misconduct', WWSB reported. '[The teacher] led my 11-year-old daughter into his classroom and spent 45 minutes alone with her while the rest of the students went to the library ... on Valentine's Day,' Ann said during the school board meeting. Ann has accused the teacher of unwanted physical contact with her daughter and recounted the 'nightmare' of discovering the letter two months earlier. 'In my hands I have a copy of the two-page, handwritten textbook grooming letter that was written by this teacher and given to my 11-year-old daughter,' she said at the school board meeting. Aside from professing love for the girl the letter describes how 'deeply' the writer claims to have known the student. 'We have had a lot of fun this year and made memories that I will always remember,' it read. The letter goes on: 'On another note, I will say that it bothers me when you look directly into my eyes and lie to me. You forget that I know you pretty well. When you put your head down, ignore me, etc. I know something is wrong. 'You then will typically talk to all of your friends right after you tell me 'I just don't feel well' which is a lie. Why do you do that to me?? 'I don't think you are that weird any more :). I am glad that you like school and I hope that I play a huge part of that. 'Starting today I will try my best not to smile at you anymore. I know you 'hate it' when I smile.' After signing off the writer adds: '(Your favorite teacher "Only because I have to be") 'PS I'll keep our notes between us and won't show your friends. So, you do the same.' After making the board aware of the details Ann Mitchell asked at the school board meeting: 'Where is the accountability?' 'She has nightmares and wakes up having cried in her sleep,' she added. 'This teacher stole a piece of her innocence.' Members of the board were left visibly shaken over the revelations, appearing unaware of the full extent of the alleged incidents. 'This is horrific', Board Chair Chad Choate said, WWSB reported. 'I learned more about this case from public comment than I did from the superintendent,' Board Member Cindy Spray said. Heather Felton, another board member, applauded the fifth-grade girl for her courage in speaking out against the teacher. 'I commend her bravery to speak up, because she has probably saved a lot of other children,' Felton stated. Michael Barber, the School District of Manatee County Director of Communications, released a statement detailing the steps taken to address the allegations against the accused, Fox 8 reported. According to the statement, the letter was reported to the school on March 9. The very next day the teacher was reassigned to a non-instructional facility where he had zero contact with any students. On April 23 the teacher handed in his resignation letter. After a board meeting the school approved the resignation. However, Jason Mitchell firmly believes that the teacher should have been fired over his alleged conduct, calling the school's response insufficient. 'To us, we felt termination was tougher language attached to somebody we would hope would never be in a classroom again,' he told Fox 8. 'I would ask [the teacher] to take a good, hard look in the mirror, truly self-reflect. I would ask [them] to get some help,' he added. The child's mother agreed, adding: 'We would want [the teacher] to read the two-page letter out loud to us as parents, and I want [them] to look into my husband's eyes, father-to-father, and read that letter about our little girl.' 'We are often as parents teaching our children to listen to teachers, to be respectful, to follow directions, so that's what I taught my daughter,' Ann Mitchell said to parents during the meeting, Fox 8 reported.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Can you help? Authorities looking for wanted man accused of murder
CLEVELAND (WJW) — The Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force is offering a reward for information that leads to the capture of Shaheed Mincy who is wanted for aggravated murder. Motorcyclist seriously hurt in Easter night crash According to the task force, Mincy is a suspect in the murder of Maher Salti that happened around Feb. 14, 2025, in the 1900 block of Noble Road. Fox 8 News previously reported that Salti was shot and killed at a gas station on Noble Road where he had gone to meet someone to sell an iPad. Mincy, 20, is known to frequent the Cleveland area. He is a black man standing 6 feet tall and weighing approximately 240 pounds Firefighters forced out as flames shoot from home He is currently wanted by the East Cleveland Police Department and the U.S. Marshals Service. If you have any information that could help, contact the Northern Ohio Violent Fugitive Task Force at 1-866-4WANTED or you can send a web tip here. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
