Parole denied for Summit County man convicted of killing 2 teenagers Thomas Gilbert (Source: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction) By Julia Bingel | February 19, 2021 at 11:24 AM EST - Updated February 19 at 11:24 AM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - The Ohio Parole Board denied parole for the man convicted of killing two teenagers in the summer of 1981. Thomas Gilbert has spent almost 40 years behind bars for the murders of Sandy Jo Hogue, 19, of Akron and Joanne Shafer, 15, of Stow. The Ohio Parole Board said “release of the inmate into society would create undue risk to public ...