A Temperance man has been found guilty of murder after he used a piggy bank and a child gate to beat a woman to death and then beheaded her body, officials said.
The 45-year-old pleaded not guilty, and no forensic evidence linked him to the murder weapons; but it took the jury only about two hours to return with a conviction.
Local News Briefs: County Road 3 closing for several days
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County Road 3 closing for work
COSHOCTON - The Coshocton County Engineer s Office has announced that County Road 3 at the south intersection with Ohio 60 in Bedford Township will be closed for a culvert replacement from June 7 to 14.
Minor injuries in Ohio 751 crash
COSHOCTON - The Coshocton County Sheriff s Office reported a single vehicle crash at 11:39 p.m. Thursday in the 27000 block of Ohio 751.
Deputies said Edward Brandt, 24, of Urichsville, was traveling south in a 2016 Jeep when he lost control of the vehicle. Brandt went off the right side of the roadway, struck an embankment, overturned, struck a retaining wall and then came to rest in the road.