Belmont County Sheriff Confirms Double Homicide in Belmont, Ohio

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Belmont County Sheriff Dave Lucas confirmed this afternoon during a press conference that the incident that occurred yesterday morning in Belmont, Ohio was a double homicide, and that the victims were Tom and Angela Strussion.

Sheriff Lucas referred to the incident as a “tragic event” and he pledged his department will investigate further to “figure out exactly what happened.” He said his sympathies go out to the members of the victims’ families.  

More details to come on LEDE News in the near future.

Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney
Steve Novotney has been a professional journalist for 33 years, working in print for weekly, daily, and bi-weekly publications, writing for a number of regional and national magazines, host baseball-related talks shows on Pittsburgh’s ESPN, and as a daily, all-topics talk show host in the Wheeling and Steubenville markets since 2004. Novotney is the co-owner, editor, and co-publisher of LEDE News, and is the host of “Novotney Now,” a daily program that airs Monday-Friday from 3-6 p.m. on River Talk 100.1 & 100.9 FM.

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