Grumpy Violent Old Men

Shawnee Township lies in Allen County in north-west Ohio, close to Lima and nearer to Fort Wayne than to Columbus. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed Ron had graduated from Lima Senior High School in 1967, taken a post-secondary qualification at Apollo Vocational Academy and worked for more than eighteen years at Excello Airfoil Textron as a member of the United Auto Workers. He bought the house about 1986, retired a couple of years before the killing after surgery for prostate cancer, and spent his days golfing, drinking beer and smoking marijuana. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it He rarely held a job, paid nothing towards the household and spent most of what he had on lottery scratch cards, and Ron had recently lent him $500. Their next-door neighbour Rex Whetstone, Ron's regular golf partner, later said the brothers bickered constantly but had never come to blows.

this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it In fact Ron was shot seven times: in the left side of the neck, the left chest, the left flank twice, the upper right arm, the back and a graze to the neck. The wounds showed downward trajectories at close but not contact range, consistent with a man standing over a victim who ended up on the floor. Five cartridge cases were recovered from the house. Ron's body was found face down in the bedroom with a multi-coloured blanket over it, a kitchen knife on top of the blanket, and a cloth and rope tied round his wrist, the rope used to drag him from the living room. A television remote lay underneath him. The cause of death was multiple gunshot wounds.

Shortly after 9.20 p.m. the neighbour on the other side, Ashley Magram, was outside smoking when she heard at least five loud bangs in groups over about two minutes, and took them for someone working on a house. About 10 p.m. Rex Whetstone arrived hoping to spend the night after a row at home. All the lights were off except the television, only Ron's car was in the drive, and through the door he could see Ron lying on the floor under a blanket. this part of the story is covered for now details of the account remain covered until revealed He mopped the floor, burned the mop and some cartridge cases in the fire pit, and listened, he later said, to his brother gasping for several hours before he died. The next morning he went to McDonald's around five or six, gave some of his belongings to his son and daughter, and shortly before noon approached Deputy Jerry Kress of the Allen County Sheriff's Department in a car park, asked whether he had jurisdiction in Shawnee Township and said: 'I've gotten myself into a situation that I can't get out of, and I shot my brother.' He was calm but upset, and co-operative through booking at the Shawnee Township Police Department, where officers watched him closely because they were unsure of his mental state.

He waived his rights at 12.52 p.m. and told Detective Baker that he had shot his brother because he could no longer stand caring for him through his cancer, blaming Ron for the jobs he had lost. the rest of this account is covered until you choose to reveal it Police went to the house, found the body and the evidence, and matched the recovered .45 to the bullets, along with fibre from Ron's shirt. this part of the story is covered for now He said he could not remember much because his mind had blanked.

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