Dec 20, 2020
ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas confirmed Wednesday that two more arrests were made in connection with the November murder of Norma Matko and the abduction of her daughter, Nicole Bronowski.
Matko was found shot to death on Thanksgiving, No. 26, in her family home along Ohio 800 outside Barnesville. She was a St. Clairsville resident.
Bronowski had been reported missing to the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department. Cleveland law enforcement became involved in the homicide case when Matko’s car was found burned in that city. Cleveland detectives and Belmont County law enforcement traveled to a site in Louisiana where one suspect, James Hawley, was killed in a gunfight with FBI agents. Bronowski was found with Hawley. She was not physically harmed and is now safe with her family.