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Times Leader Staff Writer BELMONT COUNTY Sheriff Dave Lucas, left, talks with the media during a press conference announcing details of the Barnesville murder-kidnapping case. EDITOR’S NOTE: Today through Thursday, The Times Leader presents Eastern Ohio’s Top 10 news stories of 2020, as voted on by the editorial staff. BARNESVILLE — When 69-year-old Norma Matko of St. Clairsville was found apparently shot to death at her family home along Ohio 800 outside Barnesville during Thanksgiving, Belmont County’s law enforcement officers joined with multiple agencies from inside and outside Oh...

Dec 20, 2020 ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas confirmed Wednesday that two more arrests were made in connection with the November murder of Norma Matko and the abduction of her daughter, Nicole Bronowski. Matko was found shot to death on Thanksgiving, No. 26, in her family home along Ohio 800 outside Barnesville. She was a St. Clairsville resident. Bronowski had been reported missing to the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department. Cleveland law enforcement became involved in the homicide case when Matko’s car was found burned in that city. Cleveland detectives and Belmont C...

Photos Provided ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas reported two more arrests in connection with the November murder of Norma Matko of Bellaire and the abduction of her daughter, Nicole Bronowski. Belmont County deputies assisted in an investigation leading to the arrests of Andrew Welch, 28, and Lester Foster, 27, both of Cleveland. The two men were indicted on two counts of kidnapping and one count of tampering with evidence. They are now being held on bonds of $100,000 in the Cuyahoga County Jail. With these arrests, Lucas said he believes this concludes the investigati...

Times Leader Staff Writer ST. CLAIRSVILLE — Belmont County Sheriff David Lucas confirmed Wednesday that two more arrests were made in connection with the November murder of Norma Matko and the abduction of her daughter, Nicole Bronowski. Matko was found shot to death on Thanksgiving, No. 26, in her family home along Ohio 800 outside Barnesville. She was a St. Clairsville resident. Bronowski had been reported missing to the Cuyahoga Falls Police Department. Cleveland law enforcement became involved in the homicide case when Matko’s car was found burned in that city. Cleveland detectives ...

2 men charged in kidnapping of Cuyahoga Falls nurse; murder of her Belmont County mother New charges filed in horrific Cuyahoga Falls kidnapping-murder spree that ended in Louisiana By Kendall Forward | December 14, 2020 at 9:43 PM EST - Updated December 14 at 9:43 PM CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two men are charged in the kidnapping of an Akron area nurse and the murder of her mother. Nicole Bronowski was found alive after a shootout with FBI in Louisiana. Her mother, Norma Matko was killed in her Belmont County home on Thanksgiving. Cuyahoga County Prosecutors have now charged two men in ...