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The Franklin County Coroner's Office determined last week the cause of death of a 9-month old Whitehall girl was blunt force head injuries.

Prosecutors earlier said that Chad Doerman, who was taken into custody after he was found sitting on a stoop at the home, admitted to having planned the killings and chased down one of the boys in a field after the child tried to flee. Defense attorneys had argued that he was struggling with severe mental illness.

Police found 13-year-old Angel Salguero Diaz shot in the back on April 14 in North Linden.

John Wooden Jr. (left), one of the men convicted for participating in the kidnaping, robbery and murder of Muslim imam Mohamed Hassan Adam, was sentenced to at least 73 years in prison, with a maximum term of life behind bars. His co-defendant, Isaiah Brown-Miller, was given a prison sentence Tuesday of 26 to 31 years.

Maye is charged with murder, kidnapping and child endangerment.

Columbus Division of Police Chief Elaine Bryant announced the body of 5-year-old Darnell Taylor was found early Friday morning. Police plan to charge his legal guardian, Pammy Maye, with murder.

In Sept. 2022, Dwayne Cummings (right) and Chrystian Foster (left) approached Gregory Coleman Jr. outside the Short North bar Julep and punched Coleman. The two men continued to assault Coleman after he fell and hit his head on the ground.

The Greyhound and Barons Bus terminal that drew ire of customers and neighbors almost as soon as it opened was the site of a deadly shooting Sunday night.

A Franklin County grand jury on Friday returned indictments in five murders going back to July. Four of the five shootings happened within a 10-day period…

Joseph James DeAngelo, now 74, admitted to committing more than a dozen murders in the 1970s and '80s after investigators identified him using public genealogy websites to trace his DNA.