It was Joseph Harwell, who pleaded guilty to fatally strangling a woman near Columbus in 1997 and is currently serving 15 years to life at a prison in Mansfield, an hour south of Cleveland. Harwell, 50, has a long criminal history dating back to the 1970s, including a conviction for felonious assaul
Date: Mar 09, 2011
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APNewsBreak: Felon charged with 2 unsolved murders
Joseph Harwell was indicted on charges of raping and killing27-year-old Mary Thomas in 1989 and 33-year-old Tondilear Harge in1996, said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason. The county's coldcase unit has been investigating unsolved rapes and murders forseveral years, but they began a special
Date: Mar 08, 2011
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DNA links Ohio felon to 2 Cleveland murders, 7 years apart
After the bodies were found at the home of Anthony Sowell in 2009, Cleveland's Cold Case Unit launched a DNA investigation into victims found within a 3-mile radius of the property. The unit matched two cases to felon Joseph Harwell, who is currently serving time on a separate murder charge, Mason said.
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason says an investigation by the Cold Case Unit has resulted in the indictment of Joseph Harwell for the 1989 aggravated murder of 27-year-old Mary Thomas and the 1996 aggravated murder of 33-year-old Tondilear Harge.