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Man Gets Life In Prison For Murdering Ohio Couple

Ohio Attorney General's Office

One of the suspects charged with robbing, killing and burning the bodies of an elderly Tuscarawas County couple has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. 30-year-old Robert Clark avoided a possible death sentence by pleading guilty to aggravated murder and other charges in the deaths of 88-year-old Doyle Chumney and his 79-year-old wife, Lillian .The couple was found inside their burned-out car in Coshocton County in January. A second suspect, 21-year-old Jeffery Stewart, has been indicted.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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