TOLEDO, Ohio (Court TV) — A woman was sentenced to spend at least 22 years behind bars after pleading guilty to kidnapping and assaulting a man in Ohio. Martina Esqueda, 29, pleaded guilty to kidnapping and two counts of felonious…[Continue Reading...]
A twisted Ohio polygamist has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for ordering her husband and four of her lovers to torture another one of her boyfriends in a sick revenge plot. Martina Esqueda, 29, was slapped with the…[Continue Reading...]
A former university professor who authored books for Christians about the ethics of marriage and sexuality has been arrested for raping a child, Us Weekly has learned. John Kent Tarwater was once a finance professor at Cedarville University, a Baptist…[Continue Reading...]
In 1989, Northeast Ohio cult leader Jeff Lundgren killed the Avery family: Dennis, Cheryl, and their three young daughters. A dozen men and women followed the self-proclaimed prophet through fanaticism, into the wilderness, and ultimately to prison. Thirty-five years after…[Continue Reading...]
In 1989, Ohio cult leader Jeff Lundgren killed the Avery family: Dennis, Cheryl, and their 3 young daughters. Two of his faithful followers speak for the first time. watch video https://www.12newsnow.com/video/news/crime/true-crime/kirtland-cult-killings-jeff-lundgren-dennis-cheryl-damon-lundgren-danny-kraft/507-bdd37c12-ee66-4275-8fca-991fbc6bae6a[Continue Reading...]
In 1989, Northeast Ohio cult leader Jeff Lundgren killed the Avery family: Dennis, Cheryl, and their three young daughters. WKYC interviewed him the following year. Watch video interview https://www.wkyc.com/video/news/crime/true-crime/from-the-archives-kirtland-cult-killer-jeff-lundgren-sits-with-wkycs-tom-sweeney-in-1990/95-eefeb401-c10f-4237-aa87-9b88866ff4c5[Continue Reading...]
CLEVELAND — In 1989, Northeast Ohio cult leader Jeff Lundgren killed the Avery family: Dennis, Cheryl, and their three young daughters. A dozen men and women followed the self-proclaimed prophet through fanaticism, into the wilderness, and ultimately to prison. Thirty-five…[Continue Reading...]
Glenn Schwartz stands before 80,000 people and he knows what’s coming next. It’s Saturday December 28, 1968, and the first day of the Miami Pop Festival is in full swing. The ads promise three days of “Beautiful Music”, and for…[Continue Reading...]
TEXAS COUNTY, OH - During a preliminary trial, two defendants who are alleged members of the anti-government group known as "God's Misfits," and have been accused of murdering two Kansas women in 2024, shared testimony of the murders. Paul Grice,…[Continue Reading...]
TOLEDO, Ohio — Editor's note: This story was initially published by the Toledo Free Press, a media partner of WTOL 11. You can find the original here. Cons, confusion and—in one case—connections to a cult are among the reasons Toledo-area…[Continue Reading...]
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