I went through this forum and gathered details on as many of the potential victims as I could find. I will keep looking, but here are my notes so far:
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KENNETH ROTH TIMELINE
- April, 1968, @ 18 years old, ran away from Ohio farm
- 5/15/1968, Murdered taxi driver James E. Long with Dale Albert Chase (18) & Douglas Mark DeWit (19) by shooting. Robbed $27.11
- 1968, Prison, life sentence in KS.
- 1981, District Judge Fred Jackson found that the welfare of the general public would not be jeopardized if Roth's sentence were reduced
- 1985, Paroled, moved to Ohio
- 1988, Discharged from parole
- Lived on farm in Osnaburg, OH
- 20 acres of land
- Big hole that he threw trash into
- Sold leather @ Hartville Flea Market
- Drove pink 1963 Mercury
- Drove Honda Gold Wing motorcycle
- Biker name “Cona”
- 1998-2002, prison
- 2015-2017 (?) prison @ Elkton Correctional Facility in Lisbon OH.
- 2017-present, prison @ Lorain Correctional Facility
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POTENTIAL VICTIMS
[] = unknown
[x] = not possible/very unlikely
[?] = unlikely
[~] = worth further consideration
[!] = likely
[*] = charged
[*] 5/15/1968: James Long
- Shot & robbed
- Topeka KS, 1968
- Taxi Driver
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1968-1985 KENNETH ROTH IN PRISON
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[~] 1/2/1985: Patricia Ann Stichler
- Violent assault & murder
- Age 30
- Sylvania, Ohio
- The thirty year old victim's mostly nude body was found by responding units on the floor of her bedroom with numerous stab wounds
- 5000 block of Brinthaven Road
[~] 8/10/1985: Clara J. Socha
- Stabbed
- Age 63
- Stark County
[!] 9/19/1985: Kay Gulosh
- Raped, strangled & stabbed
- Harmont Ave near Columbus Dr
[?] 11/18/1985: Princess Doll Murdock
- Found murdered in the bathtub, she was beaten and her throat was cut.
- Age 23
- Whitehall, Ohio
- 3574 East Main Street
- Murdock worked for a local escort service.
[~] 11/29/1985: Angelina Matthews:
- Very violent altercation and murder
- Age 33
- Columbus, Ohio
- was talking on the phone to a family member and an altercation was overheard. The phone went dead and Matthews was found deceased inside her residence.
[] 1/2/1986: Alfreida Lidowski
[?] 1/19/1986: Pamela Montgomery
- Stabbed
- Age 27
- Apartment on Granada Blvd
- Warrensville heights
[~] 4/4/1986: Karen Moore
- Stabbed
- Age 26
- Columbus, Ohio
- 719 S. Ohio Avenue
[~] 4/7/1987: Nadine Frank:
- Stabbed
- Age 38
- Thurman and Wilson, Columbus, Ohio
- Suffered stab wounds to her leg, arm, back and chest.
[~] 4/7/1987: Flora Jackson
- Strangled & Stabbed
- Age 26
- Stark County
[x] 6/26/1987: Anna Florence:
- Stabbed
- Age 77
- Columbus, Ohio
- Linda Cook confessed to the murder
[~] 7/5/1987: Carrie Pearl Shelton
- Stabbed
- Age 37
- Stark County
[~] 8/10/1987: Janice Christensen,
- Stabbed & raped
- 37 years old
- Found on hiking trail in Hudson Township near Cuyahoga Falls
- Being investigated by Hudson Detective Kaija Jeante
[] 10/15/1987: Carrie Walker
- Stabbed
- Age 85
- Columbus, Ohio (Franklin County)
[~] 10/21/1987: JoAnn Bartholomew
- Raped & stabbed
- 47 years old
- Found in woods behind Chapel Hill Mall
[~] 11/7/1987: Peggy Benton
- Stabbed
- Age 59
- Stark County
[?] 12/14/1987: Marcia Piotter, 36
- Stabbed, not raped
- Apartment complex in Northwest Akron
[?] 12/20/1987: Barbara Blatnik, 17
- Raped & strangled
- Found @ Blossom music ctr
- nude body was found dumped alongside of the road near Blossom Music Center, Cuyahoga Falls. Blatnik was last seen alive shortly after midnight on 12/20/1987 at Warner Road and Grand Division in Garfield Heights, Ohio.
- Her injuries were consistent with being strangled.
[] 1/26/1988: Eileen Faye Zarlenga
- Abducted from home (?) and then raped & stabbed
- Age 29
- Girard, OH
[] 6/8/1988: Rosalee Auskings
- Stabbed
- Age 39
- Columbus, Ohio
[] 10/25/1988: Claudette Brown
- Stabbed
- Age 26
- Stark County
[~] 4/21/1989: Helen Stuart
- Age 72
- S.R. 16 near S.R. 668
- found nude and deceased in the back seat of her silver four-door 1981 Ford Fairmont.
- abduction and homicide potentially occurred at the victim's residence in Newark and her body was then transported to the dump sight.
- Stuart was sexually assaulted and strangled to death.
[x] 10/27/1989: Amy Mihaljevic
- Bay Village
- Age 10
- Kidnapped, raped(?), stabbed
[] 12/18/1989: Shirley Pearson-Divens
- Stabbed in the neck and throat
- Age 51
- Columbus, Ohio
[!] Easter, 1991: Patricia Murphy
- Raped & strangled
- Fulton & Wertz, Apt 4
- Worked at Solid Gold Tanning Salon and Cronie's
[] 11/?/1992: Tracy R. Harkness
- Robbed, raped, bludgeoned > 40 times
- Violent homicide in home
- No signs of forced entry
- Age 24
- Grove City, OH
[~] 6/8/1993: Felita Farr
- Throat cut
- Age 26
- Stark County
[!] 8/23/1993: Julia Harbourt
- Raped & shot
- Downing St SW in Pike Township on
- worked at Rold Gold
- Ran Short Stop Inn on Navarre Rd
[] 8/20/1994: Kathryn Menendez
[~] 8/22/1995: Helen Yvonne Durette
- Stabbed
- Age 28
- Stark County
[~] 8/25/1996: Angela Hamilton
- Stabbed
- Age 35
- Stark County
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1998 KENNETH ROTH GOES TO PRISON
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[x] 2/3/2000: Betty Mosley
- COD not disclosed
- 56 years old
- Found @ home on Burbank Ave.
[x] 10/4/2000: Dorothy Jean Grant
- COD not disclosed
- 79 years old
- Decomposed body was discovered by her brother in her Mount View Ave home, Akron
[x] 10/5/2001: Jean Zienka (45)
- Strangled?
- Found in home on Akers Ave.
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2002 KENNETH ROTH LEAVES PRISON
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[] 7/8/2003: Dana Oates
- Stabbed
- Age 41
- Stark County
[] 7/17/2003: Sharon Litchfield
- “Not an obvious homicide”
- 59 years old
- Found @ home on Merton Ave, Akron
[~] 3/13/2004: Naomi Fails
- Stabbed
- Age 40
- Stark County
[] 11/19/2004: Jeanice Galliher:
- Stabbed and house was set on fire
- Age 45
[] 3/23/2006: Nancy Belew
- Stabbed to death in her home
- Age 33
- Cincinnati, Ohio
[] 11/27/2006: Dorothy Jervis
- COD not disclosed
- Fire in apartment after death
- 70 years old
[] 5/4/2007: Eveline D. Ashbaugh
- Found stabbed to death in her home
- Age 51
- Delaware, OH
[x] ?/?/2007 Bennie Angelo
- Age 87
- Male victim
- Robbed and beaten to death
- Chester R. Crank convicted on “drunken confession” as only evidence.
[] ?/?/2007: Angela M. Kilgore
[] ?/?/2007: Cecelia Hann:
- This one is interesting... her and her husband both died in a fire
- Summit, Ohio
[] 6/10/2008: Angela Lee Hanaway
- Mad River (found floating)
- Near Springfield (Clark County)
- Age 35
- Homicide, very violent death
[?] 1/1/2009: Barbara Chillious
- found dead in her home (COD not stated)
- 394 Douglas Ave. Akron, Ohio
- Age 53
[] 1/18/2009: Priscilla Dawn Hickman
- Strangled, hidden in closet
- age 46
- Heath, Ohio
- Detailed description of a potential suspect listed on the Ohio Attorney General Site. Check it on out
- The man also has several tattoos, including a skeleton on his arm, spider web on his elbow, and a woodpecker with a cigar in its mouth on his chest.
[?] 4/26/2009: Diane Mitchell-McMillan
- shot dead through her open front door.
- Age 55
- Jessie Avenue North Akron
- Does not match MO at all.
[*] 12/11/2009: Linda Van Voorhis Smith
- Strangled & raped
- orchard view dr SE
[?] 12/23/2009: Grace S. Kennedy
- Found in bed beaten to death.
- Age 91
- Not sexually assaulted
- Murder weapon left behind
- 407 John St., Bryan, OH
- POI failed lie detector
- James Robert Engle lives in same town, murdered a librarian in 1946 because he was overcome with a desire to kill.
[] 3/12/2010: Rebecca Lynn Carroll
- Found floating, death ruled homicide
- Hillard, OH (Franklin County)
- Age 32
[x] 8/5/2010: Gwendolyn Hoisten
- shot in her home after opening the front door.
- Age 48
- Akron, Ohio
- According to police reports, Hoisten stabbed a 23-year-old man who lived just doors away from her. The incident occurred July 29 at about 1:45 a.m. No charges had been filed.
- Hoisten and the neighbor were arguing outside her home. As Hoisten went inside, the man followed her, forced open the front door and threatened to harm her.
[] 11/8/2010: Peggy Kline
- Cheviot, Oh (Hamilton County)
- Found on the floor next to her bed with several stab wounds.
[x] ?/?/2012: Celeste Fronsman
- Raped, Strangled, & burned
- sister of Sarah Gulosh
- prostitute
- daughter of K. Gulosh
- raped, Strangled, and burned in Zanesville, OH
- Katrina Marie Culberson & Monica Washington confessed, LaFonse Dixon (male) convicted
[] Summer, 2013: “A few other jobs”
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?/?/2015 KENNETH ROTH IN PRISON
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8/30/2016 KENNETH ROTH TRANSFERRED PRISONS
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2/16/2017 KENNETH ROTH STARTS SERVING LIFE SENTENCE
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[] ?/?/?: Sarah Scott
- found shot inside her home.
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LINKS
Appeal ruling:
http://www.starkcountyohio.gov/StarkCounty/media/Fifth-District/RecentOpinionis/roth.pdf?ext=.pdf
Celeste Fronsman:
5 years later: Celeste Fronsman murder case stays with officials
5 years later: Celeste Fronsman murder case stays with officials
Info on death of James Long and parole of Roth:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.cjonline.com/news/2016-06-26/man-convicted-1968-topeka-slaying-faces-murder-charge-ohio?template=ampart
Son remembers Father Ken Roth:
https://www.google.com/amp/www.columbusalive.com/news/20170402/kenneth-a-roths-son-remembers-dads-troubling-past?template=ampart
Newspaper JoAnn Bartholomew death:
The Bryan Times - Google News Archive Search
Find a federal inmate 1982 > Present:
BOP: Federal Inmates By Number
Ohio inmate Search
Offender Search
Priscilla Dawn offender tattoos
Best Of the Class 2018 | WHIZ News
Bennie Angelo
https://www.google.com/amp/www.cantonrep.com/article/20140725/News/140729509?template=ampart
Gwendolyn Hoisten
Akron woman shot to death on her porch after knock at door
James Robert Engle
Redirect Notice
Grace S. Kennedy
Kennedy murder remains unsolved
Patricia Ann Stichler.
https://www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov/Files/Law-Enforcement/Investigator/Cold-Case/Homicides/Stichler
Patricia Stichler body location
$50,000 to be offered for tips on 5 unsolved area murders
