"I'm not local, but I've researched other East Cleveland murders pretty thoroughly. Did many google map strolls and reading. From what I gleaned, there are many vacant properties in the area. It's certainly possible that some are used by squatters, especially in winter.
I should add that this is not the first murder victim to be found in an abandoned house in that neighborhood. And at least one victim escaped, and said she was dragged to an abandoned house."
In an earlier post here I mentioned the abandoned house issue - and those turn into vacant lots if they get too bad. Any abandoned house can be a crack house and vice versa. CPD got on the one next to me pretty fast. It's a half burned out two story building converted to apts. The burned part is in back, otherwise I am sure they would have made the lackadaisical owner do more. People were in and out all day and night. It only took a few days for it to get boarded up tight, so I don't know how long people stay in the same ones.
93 and Kinsman is just on the east side of Cleveland. East Cleveland is a separate city north of there, toward the lake.
