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Mans body was found behind house in 900 block of Ash Street and was out in elements for seven to nine days, Coroner Lyell Cook says.

Erie County DA and Erie and state police investigators working to solve list of cold cases in region

SHARON — One man is dead following a fatal shooting early Sunday morning in Sharon, which police are still investigating.

The defendant, Anthony S. D'Onofrio, told police at the time of the killing that his fiancee, Lexie Castile, had shot herself in the head.

The defendant, Anthony S. DOnofrio, told police at the time of the killing that his fiancee, Lexie Castile, had shot herself in the head.

Jeffery Briggs is accused of shooting 48-year-old victim five times during a confrontation in a driveway near Union City in January 2021

Authorities said Najir Diehl, 11, had lethal level of methanol in his system, and mother admitted giving him windshield washer fluid to drink

Autopsy showed that one of the causes of death was "parental indifference," according to criminal complaint against mother.

To the hospital, teresa told the doctors to let him go. her son, josh, watched teresa make that agonizing decision. >> she was devastated, absolutely devastated. i could see it in her face. >> hard to do? >> uh-huh. >> rays death was referred to dr. eric vey, the medical examiner in the erie county coroners office. >> by the time mr. kotomski got to you, antifreeze poisoning was already suspected so you were looking specifically for that? >> my job at autopsy was just to confirm the presence of ...

In her opening statement, prosecutor emily pelphrey attacked the idea that ray killed himself. >> he was planning for his future. he loved his grandchildren. >> the doctor who treated ray in the hospital where he died testified teresa herself said ray was not suicidal. >> and she had indicated that she had not mentioned anything about feeling suicidal at that time. >> no, the state argued, this was murder. medical examiner dr. eric vey testified that antifreeze killed ray. >> he died as a result...