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| Tale of Two Cities: Parma woman brutally murdered; Stockton woman saves self |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Tuesday, 25 March 2003 | |
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Brook Park - Police remained baffled yesterday over the shooting death of Ramona Krotine, whose body was found Friday in the trunk of her car at a rapid transit station. Cuyahoga County Coroner Elizabeth Balraj said Krotine was shot once in the neck and was beaten on the neck and head. "We have no leads," Police Chief Kevin McQuaid said. Krotine, 53, a wife and mother of three who lived in a quiet middle-class neighborhood in Parma, worked at a fudge stand at the International Exposition Center in Brook Park during the Cleveland Sports, Travel and Outdoor Show Thursday night. After the show, she apparently went to a party with I-X workers at the Clarion Hotel on Bagley Road in Middleburg Heights. Police say she was last seen walking to her car in the lot about 1:30 a.m. Friday. Family members issued a statement through police, saying Krotine "was a devoted wife, a loving mother and a valued friend and co-worker of many." Meanwhile, in a state that allows (some) law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed handgun for self-defense, a different outcome resulted when this California real estate agent was attacked by a would-be rapist: Click here for more. |
