Woman found slain at home in Roselawn

        Cincinnati police are investigating the killing Tuesday morning of a Roselawn woman.

        Audrey Key, 31, was found dead about 8:30 a.m. in her home at 7169 Reading Road. A neighbor called police, saying he heard screaming and a shot in the apartment about 8 a.m., then footsteps leaving the building. He called about a half hour later, saying he hadn't heard anything since.

        Ms. Key is the 50th homicide victim in Cincinnati this year.

        Investigators were looking for a black man in a blue raincoat who left the building. Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 352-3040.

FALLEN TREE KNOCKS OUT POWER: Traffic was tied up for hours on Winton Road in Greenhills when a tree fell at 11 a.m. Tuesday south of Andover Road. A Cinergy worker inspects the damage to power lines that fell down as well. About 1,500 electric customers were affected, and power was restored to all by 8 p.m. All four lanes of Winton were closed until 1 p.m., when the southbound lanes reopened. Northbound lanes remained closed for much of the afternoon. Cinergy said there were other widespread outages earlier Tuesday due to the wind. About 15,000 customers were affected. (Michael Snyder photo) | ZOOM |

       

Gunman holds up Fifth Third branch

        SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — A man armed with a handgun robbed the Fifth Third Bank on Winton Road Tuesday afternoon.

        Police said the suspect entered the bank at 9020 Winton Road at 2:43 p.m. and demanded money from tellers before fleeing with an unknown amount of cash. The robber was last seen going north out the front doors onto Winton Road.

        No one was injured during the robbery.

        The suspect is described as black,in his 20s, 5-foot-8 to 5-foot-9, 170 pounds with black braids. He was wearing a blue and white bandana, red hooded sweat shirt and possibly blue jeans.

        Anyone with information of the robbery is asked to call Springfield Township police at 513-729-1300.
       

College fair Thursday at Eastgate Mall

        More than 80 colleges and universities are to have admissions representatives and information at an Eastgate Mall college fair 6-8:30 p.m. Thursday.

        High school guidance counselors also will be there. The program is sponsored by the mall, at SR 32 and Interstate 275, the Clermont County Counselors Association, University of Cincinnati Clermont College, and Clermont County Education Service Center.

BRAND NEW NAME: The Sumatran rhino born Sept. 13 at the Cincinnati Zoo now has an official moniker — Andalas, pronounced On-da-las. Andalas, who is growing fast, enjoys a snack with mother Emi. Andalas is the original name for Sumatra, Emi's island home. (Cincinnati Zoo photo) | ZOOM |

       

Glendale candidates at forum tonight

        GLENDALE — Candidates seeking election to Glendale Village Council will have the opportunity to describe their platforms and answer residents' questions at a “Meet the Candidates” forum tonight .

        There are seven candidates, including three incumbents, seeking election to four seats on Glendale's Village Council. Britton Harwood, a faculty member at the University of Cincinnati and a Glendale resident, will moderate.

        The event takes place at 7:30 p.m., at Glendale Town Hall, 80 E. Sharon Ave.
       

Monument dedication for victims of abuse

        LEBANON — Victims of domestic abuse will be remembered Oct. 23 in a 5:30 p.m. ceremony to dedicate a monument in memory of Suzie Desfosses Thompson, a 42-year-old South Lebanon woman who was shot to death in 1999 by her boyfriend.

        Mr. Chapman, who was supposed to be in the Warren County Jail for threatening Ms. Thompson, was mistakenly freed on a holiday furlough. He ambushed her in her home on Dec. 1, 1999, then committed suicide.

        Ms. Thompson, a mother of three, was one of five Warren County women who died in an act of domestic violence between July 1999 and September, 2000.

        Her parents, Yvon and Colombe Desfosses, and a brother, Jean Jacques Desfosses, sued Warren County officials and pushed for the erection of the memorial to domestic-violence victims as part of an out-of-court settlement that included $600,000.

        The county paid $10,000 toward the cost of the monument and inscription, and also provided the property, site construction and maintenance.

        The 7x4-foot memorial stone was designed by Rick Meyer of Dodds Monument and stands in a garden site adjacent to the Warren County Sheriff's Office at 550 Justice Drive.

        Commemorative bricks are available to the public to be placed at the site at a cost of $50 and $100. For more information, call the Abuse and Rape Crisis Shelter of Warren County, 513-695-1185.
       

National board meets at Christ Church

        The national board of an international Christian group committed to reconciliation comes to Cincinnati Oct. 26-28.

        The national board of the Community of the Cross of Nails will hold its meeting at Christ Church Cathedral, 318 E. Fourth St. The Cathedral is hosting a dinner to honor two speakers, the Rt. Rev. Colin Bennetts, Bishop of Coventry Cathedral in England, and the Rev. Canon Andrew White, director of the International Centre for Reconciliation at Coventry. The dinner at 7 p.m. Oct. 27 is open to the public. Cost is $10.

        Information: 513-621-1817.
       

Rape-law supporters face trial in pregnancy

        AKRON — A couple who persuaded the state to pass a tougher rape law are to go to trial beginning this week on charges they violated that law by impregnating a teen-age girl with a syringe.

STUCK ON BRENT SPENCE BRIDGE: A truck carrying an exhaust vent for a power plant to has to back south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 75 at the Brent Spence Bridge after its load proved too high to clear the north end of the bridge. Police closed northbound I-75 so the truck could back up and take the Fourth Street exit to Covington. The truck was bound from Laredo, Texas, to Toledo. (Patrick Reddy photo) | ZOOM |

        John and Narda Goff campaigned to close a legal loophole that they said let a man who attacked her daughter go free.

        The girl, now 18, alleges that when she was 16, her mother asked her to bear her husband's child because the mother has multiple sclerosis and could no longer give birth. The girl told police her parents monitored her menstrual cycle and used syringes to impregnate her against her will.

        Before 1996, only sexual intercourse was considered rape under Ohio law.

        The Goffs' efforts — which included sending letters to all 122 members of the House and Senate — led lawmakers to include penetration with any body part or object as a component to rape.

        The girl gave birth to a boy in September 1999. Tests have confirmed John Goff is the father, said Jill Sullivan, a spokeswoman for the Summit County prosecutor's office.

        The girl, now 18, won a court order in February to have her son removed from her parents' home. She then gave her baby to the county, which placed him in a foster home. She hopes an aunt will adopt him.

        The couple were charged in July, after police confirmed with fertility experts that pregnancy was possible under such conditions. The girl had reported the alleged abuse to police in Stow after leaving home in January.

        The girltold the Akron Beacon Journal that at the same time the Goffs were lobbying state lawmakers, her stepfather was molesting her.
       

Presentation looks at history of flag

        SYMMES TWP. — The Symmes Township Historical Society will present “From Massachusetts to the Moon: A History of the American Flag” on Thursday.

        The free 7 p.m. slide presentation by Nancy Detrick will provide facts about the flag. The program will be held at the Symmes Township Administration Building, 9323 Union Cemetery Road. For more information, call 683-6644.
       

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