Even after police found a young girl in a man's basement, it took police nearly a week to discover the bodies of the rest of her family. Mansfield Frazier on the mystery consuming a small town.
Howard Township, Ohio, was a sleepy, bucolic little hamlet nestled in the heart of Knox County, and residents no doubt wish it would have stayed that way. But a strange man from Mount Vernon, a nearby small town, changed all that last week-probably forever.
On Nov. 10, four people went missing: Tina Herrmann, 32, failed to show up for work at Dairy Queen. Her children, Sarah Maynard, 13, and Kody Maynard, 10, were last seen at school on the same day. Herrmann's close friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41, was also missing. There was a large amount of blood inside the Herrmann residence days later, according to initial police reports.
The following Sunday, a Swat team stormed the Mount Vernon home of Matthew J.
Howard Township, Ohio, was a sleepy, bucolic little hamlet nestled in the heart of Knox County, and residents no doubt wish it would have stayed that way. But a strange man from Mount Vernon, a nearby small town, changed all that last week-probably forever.
On Nov. 10, four people went missing: Tina Herrmann, 32, failed to show up for work at Dairy Queen. Her children, Sarah Maynard, 13, and Kody Maynard, 10, were last seen at school on the same day. Herrmann's close friend, Stephanie Sprang, 41, was also missing. There was a large amount of blood inside the Herrmann residence days later, according to initial police reports.
The following Sunday, a Swat team stormed the Mount Vernon home of Matthew J.
- 11/20/2010
- by Mansfield Frazier
- The Daily Beast
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