GUILTY OH - Samantha Guthrie, 18, Akron, 4 Nov 2018 *ARRESTS*

[cybervampira]

Video at link.

National group Texas EqquSearch in Akron to plan search for missing teen, Samantha Guthrie

The founder of national non-profit Texas EqquSearch arrived in Akron offering to provide resources in the search for missing Akron teen Samantha Guthrie.

Tim Miller was invited by Guthrie's family and met with Akron police on Monday.

Miller said he doesn't want to drive a wedge in the investigation but is ready to bring in volunteers to search by foot and on ATV's as early as Tuesday.

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According to court records, William Alexander admitted to detectives that he was present inside the house on Lillian Street when she was shot. He also admitted moving Guthrie to the trunk of a Mitsubishi Eclipse following the shooting and helped move the victim to an unknown wooded area, according to the court papers.

Alexander is charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with records.

Dylan Brown, 39, Danny Hamby, 19, and Toni Kenney, 31, are charged with tampering with evidence and obstructing justice.

According to an affidavit, Kenney assisted Hamby in moving Guthrie from the house after she was shot.

Court records indicate Brown confessed to being present when Guthrie was shot and carried the body to the trunk of a vehicle. According to police, Brown also admitted to tearing up living room carpet, cleaning the floor and put his bloody clothes in a bin.

Detectives recovered bloody clothing and rolled up carpeting at the location.

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[Steelslady]

Video at link.

National group Texas EqquSearch in Akron to plan search for missing teen, Samantha Guthrie

The founder of national non-profit Texas EqquSearch arrived in Akron offering to provide resources in the search for missing Akron teen Samantha Guthrie.

Tim Miller was invited by Guthrie's family and met with Akron police on Monday.

Miller said he doesn't want to drive a wedge in the investigation but is ready to bring in volunteers to search by foot and on ATV's as early as Tuesday.

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According to court records, William Alexander admitted to detectives that he was present inside the house on Lillian Street when she was shot. He also admitted moving Guthrie to the trunk of a Mitsubishi Eclipse following the shooting and helped move the victim to an unknown wooded area, according to the court papers.

Alexander is charged with abuse of a corpse and tampering with records.

Dylan Brown, 39, Danny Hamby, 19, and Toni Kenney, 31, are charged with tampering with evidence and obstructing justice.

According to an affidavit, Kenney assisted Hamby in moving Guthrie from the house after she was shot.

Court records indicate Brown confessed to being present when Guthrie was shot and carried the body to the trunk of a vehicle. According to police, Brown also admitted to tearing up living room carpet, cleaning the floor and put his bloody clothes in a bin.

Detectives recovered bloody clothing and rolled up carpeting at the location.

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Reading all of that just breaks my heart for Samantha and her family. What sickos!

 

[Vail]

Interesting that they don't disclose who Alexander and Brown say shot her, or what the other two say. Were Danny and Samantha dating?

 

[Mauge]

Bumping for Samantha. Hoping she's found soon

 

[tiffkinsadder]

There’s just no words, these people have no concept of human life. Empty black souls.
I feel so bad for Sam and her family.

 

[ACG2x]

Based on info out there it seems to me LE is staying tight lipped because they have a good idea what happened and who did what but now need two things:

1) - Gather enough evidence to prove it so perps can be formally brought to justice

2) - Gather enough info to find Samantha’s body

It makes me so sad I had to just type those last three words Hope this one is closed soon and her family can find peace and perps spend the rest of their life in a prison cell.

 

[rainynights]

What happened to Samantha Guthrie? Unreliable witnesses, many clues and, for now, a mystery

Five people gathered at a run-down, vacant, century home just south of downtown Akron on Nov. 4.

A habitual sex offender, a man whose wife once said he couldn’t hold a job after being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, a woman visiting from Warren, an Akron man about to celebrate his 19th birthday and Samantha Guthrie, who left home this year when she turned 18 and never found a permanent place to live.

A hunger for street drugs — primarily methamphetamine — drew them together at 375 Lillian St., a source familiar with the investigation said.

All later emerged unharmed but Guthrie, who vanished.

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It was not clear how Guthrie first met the people who gathered Nov. 4 at 375 Lillian St., or whether she considered any of them friends.

(*more at link)

 

[TCIntriguedIN30]

According to Her missing FB and Family she has been found as of this morning. There is a post her mother thanking TEQ and asking for privacy. I am so glad they found her now they have every bit of evidence to put these people away for good.

ETA: No msm Link as of yet tho

 

[cybervampira]

Texas EquuSearch - TXEQ

Samantha Guthrie, 18 Yrs., Akron, OH (11/04/18)

11/25/18 -- We are sad to report that Samantha Guthrie has been found deceased. Please keep her family and loved ones in your thoughts and prayers this difficult time. Thank you to our Ohio/Midwest Chapter for all your work and all the volunteers who helped on this search. You all make a difference in the lives of those we serve.

 

[Neo85]

Death confirmed and Kenney and Hamby charged


Two charged with murder of missing teen found dead in New Franklin

 

[GraceG]

Here's an article with a little more detailed information as the location of her body. Prayers for her family. Samantha Guthrie, 18, found dead in New Franklin woods

 

[cybervampira]

Missing Ohio teen found in woods with gunshot wound to her head, authorities say

An 18-year-old Ohio woman who has been missing for three weeks has been found dead with a gunshot wound to her head, authorities said.

Akron resident Samantha Guthrie was found in the woods off Rex Hill Road in New Franklin, Ohio, the Akron Police Department said in a press release. She was reported missing by her mother on Nov. 5 after she was last seen in the early morning hours on Nov. 4 at a home in Akron, police said.

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Two people, 39-year-old Danny Hamby and 31-year-old Toni Kenney, were arrested on charges related to Guthrie's disappearance, police said. Authorities are also looking to charge Hamby with murder now that Guthrie's body has been found. Police did not disclose whether the pair previously knew Guthrie.

In addition, Hamby faces charges of parole violation, probation violation, carrying concealed weapons, improperly handing firearms in a motor vehicle, drug abuse, possession of drug abuse instrument, having weapons while under disability, tampering with evidence and obstructing justice, jail records showed. Hamby's bond was set at $3.5 million.

Kenney was charged with carrying concealed weapons, obstructing justice and tampering with evidence. Her bond was set at $2.1 million.

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[cybervampira]

Missing Teen Is Found Fatally Shot on Side of the Road — in Same Location as Woman Last Month

Police in Ohio have charged a man and a woman with murder following Sunday’s discovery of the body of an 18-year-old woman who’d been shot in the head and dumped in the same woods where authorities found the remains of a 43-year-old woman last month.

No link has yet been established between the two cases, police say.

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The teen’s remains were found in a wooded area of New Franklin, according to Cleveland.com, but authorities believe she was likely killed in Akron.

On Sept. 23, police found the charred corpse of 43-year-old Kerri Blondheim in the same patch of woods.

Blondheim had been beaten and strangled, reports FOX 8, before her lifeless body was laid on a mattress that was set on fire.

It was unclear Tuesday if either suspect had any sort of prior relationship with Guthrie.

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[cybervampira]

Who Killed Samantha Guthrie? New Details About The Teen Missing For Three Weeks Found Dead In The Woods

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The manner of death and location of Guthrie's body match a story three of four people arrested in relation to the teen's disappearance previously told police, according to the Akron Beach Journal.

William Eugene Alexander, 38, Danny Hamby, 38, and Toni Kenney, 31, and Dylan Brown, 19, were with Guthrie at an Akron house on Lillian Street on Nov. 4, the last place she was seen alive. According to Police Lt. Rick Edwards, three of the four cooperated with police and said the missing teen was shot to death and dumped in the woods.

 

[imstilla.grandma]

The family of Samantha Guthrie, an Akron-area teenager who was murdered last year, is turning their grief into action by providing scholarships to other kids in Samantha's name.

Through a partnership with Drug Free Clubs of America, the family is hosting a fundraiser on Saturday, Sept. 7 at the Old Walker Shelter located at 4357 State Park Dr. in the Portage Lakes area. The event begins at 1 p.m. and runs until dusk.

Hoodies, t-shirts, bracelets, windows stickers and other items will sold. There will also be a silent auction, basket raffles, music, food and face painting. All of the proceeds will benefit Samantha's Scholarship Fund.

Students who commit to drug-free lives can write essays to be eligible for the scholarships, which will be handed out during the 2020-2021 school year.
Scholarship created in murdered Akron teen's memory

 

[CastlesBurning]

Akron man sentenced to 10 years for his part in woman's murder

An Akron man apologized Friday for the role he played in the murder of an 18-year-old Akron woman.

William Alexander told Samantha Guthrie’s family during his sentencing that he should have done more to come to her aid.

“I tried to help, do what I could,” Alexander said during his virtual sentencing in Summit County Common Pleas Court. “I wish I’d done things differently. Given the opportunity, I would.”

This was Alexander’s second time pleading guilty and being sentenced for his part in Guthrie’s 2018 killing. His case was returned to the trial court because of an omission made by a judge in explaining his rights during the initial proceedings.

Alexander, 41, pleaded guilty under an agreement with prosecutors Friday to tampering with evidence, gross abuse of a corpse and attempted kidnapping, all felonies.

Judge Kathryn Michael sentenced Alexander to 10 years in prison, the penalty agreed upon by the attorneys

Guthrie was shot Nov. 4, 2018, inside an abandoned drug house on Lillian Street in Akron. Three weeks later, police found her body about 9 miles away in a wooded area off Rex Hill Road in New Franklin.

Alexander was one of four people charged in Guthrie’s death, with all of them pleading guilty.

Danny Hamby, 40, of Akron, was sentenced to life in prison with possible parole after 24 years. Toni Kenney, 32, of Warren, his girlfriend, was sentenced to 16 years in prison.

Dylan Brown, then 19 and a friend of Guthrie’s, pleaded guilty to attempted kidnapping, obstruction of justice, and aggravated possession of drugs and was placed on probation. Brown has since been charged in an unrelated murder.

Alexander was originally sentenced to 12 years in prison in 2019 — the maximum possible — but appealed based on not having his constitutional rights explained to him. The 9th District Court of Appeals vacated his pleas and returned his case to Summit County Common Pleas Court. He had the choice of pleading again or going to trial.

Zack Neumann, an assistant Summit County prosecutor, thanked Guthrie’s family members for their cooperation and apologized for the ordeal they’ve endured, especially with Alexander’s case being sent back to the trial court.

“There’s nothing that can bring Samantha back,” Neumann said. “They remain dedicated to Samantha’s legacy.”

Paul Kelley, Alexander’s attorney, said he would have taken Alexander's case to trial if it had been his choice. He said his client, though, wanted to spare Guthrie’s family members from having to go through that.

Kelley said Alexander assisted Hamby and Kenney with disposing of Guthrie’s remains because he was fearful for his own life. He said Alexander did, though, eventually talk to police and told them what happened and what he knew about where Guthrie’s remains had been left.

“The man was scared for his life,” Kelley said. “This was not some criminal conspiracy.”

But Joni Jackson, Guthrie’s mother, said she doesn’t think Alexander acted quickly enough or was fully truthful with police.

“He had multiple chances to go to the police,” she said. “You say he was scared, thought they’d go after him. How does he think my daughter felt? I’m done hearing speeches – ‘woe is me.’ It’s been way too long. He had chance after chance after chance.”

Jackson said she didn’t want to hear anything from Alexander.

“He did not do the right thing,” she said.

Alexander, who had the right to speak at his sentencing, said he’s sorry for everything Guthrie’s family has been through and for lashing out at them online after his arrest. He said he was dealing with “crazy, disturbed people” who were involved in Guthrie’s murder.

“I’ve made mistakes,” he said. “There were things I should have done. I’m very sorry.”

 

[Oakie]

What was the motive for the murder? Has that been revealed?

 

[GoBuckeyes]

Is it just me, or do these sentences seem awfully short?