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Unsolved homicide

Killing of Michael Laughlin

Year
2005
Where
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
Source
Ohio Attorney General
Evidence
1
What the record says

Michael Laughlin was killed in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, on March 25, 2005. The Ohio Attorney General lists this as an unsolved homicide, case number 122.

From the Ohio Attorney General’s unsolved homicide database. Records change. The source is the authority.

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What does the record establish, and what has never been explained?

  • Read the source and write down every date, place and name it gives.
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  • List what has never been explained. One line each.

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