Not far from where I live is a little town know mostly for it's slopes- known as Mad River Mountain, although it also holds the claim of having the shortest street in the US of A, and (as if that's not enough) claims to have had the very first concrete streets too.
Bellefontaine is the type of town where you don't stop to think about whether you're safe... in this small town you just are. Or, at least that was the general opinion around town. And for one family, the thought that a monster could be living so close to home never came to mind...
Joan Green raised six children in her lifetime. She was a Sunday school teacher, and a window. At 72 years of age, Joan lived alone, a few doors down from a group home that housed troubled teenage boys. But she'd been there a long time, and there didn't seem to be any reason for concern on behalf of herself or her children.
In 2003, the then 13-year-old Tindall admitted to raping a 14-year-old classmate at his Huntsville home near Indian Lake, other charges of rape and kidnapping were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea from him, and he ended up serving two years before being paroled out and sent to the group home near Green. Because of his age, there was no notification given that a dangerous sex offender had been relocated in the otherwise peaceful neighborhood.
Tindall had lived in the group home for a few months when police responded to a call about a break in at a nearby pizza parlor. Police say Tindall was able to get past a door alarm and home monitors Dec. 23, broke into the pizza parlor. During the investigation into the break in, police were able to follow Tindall's tracks in the snow to Green's home.
Tindall had entered Green's home through a rear window, and proceeded at some point, up to Green's bedroom. He viciously attacked Green, assaulting and raping her before finally killing the 72 year old. Tindall then returned to the group home, where police later found him.
Tindall plead guilty to aggravated murder in September, after prosecutors dropped charges of rape, aggravated burglary, breaking and entering and abuse of a corpse. on Tuesday he was sentenced.
He was convicted as an adult in Logan County Common Pleas Court of killing Joan Green in her home Christmas Eve last year, sentenced to 30 years, with the chance of parole. Once released, he will have to register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life.
17-year-old killer of Bellefontaine woman gets life
Categories: predators, murders
Bellefontaine is the type of town where you don't stop to think about whether you're safe... in this small town you just are. Or, at least that was the general opinion around town. And for one family, the thought that a monster could be living so close to home never came to mind...
Joan Green raised six children in her lifetime. She was a Sunday school teacher, and a window. At 72 years of age, Joan lived alone, a few doors down from a group home that housed troubled teenage boys. But she'd been there a long time, and there didn't seem to be any reason for concern on behalf of herself or her children.
In 2003, the then 13-year-old Tindall admitted to raping a 14-year-old classmate at his Huntsville home near Indian Lake, other charges of rape and kidnapping were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea from him, and he ended up serving two years before being paroled out and sent to the group home near Green. Because of his age, there was no notification given that a dangerous sex offender had been relocated in the otherwise peaceful neighborhood.
Tindall had lived in the group home for a few months when police responded to a call about a break in at a nearby pizza parlor. Police say Tindall was able to get past a door alarm and home monitors Dec. 23, broke into the pizza parlor. During the investigation into the break in, police were able to follow Tindall's tracks in the snow to Green's home.
Tindall had entered Green's home through a rear window, and proceeded at some point, up to Green's bedroom. He viciously attacked Green, assaulting and raping her before finally killing the 72 year old. Tindall then returned to the group home, where police later found him.
Tindall plead guilty to aggravated murder in September, after prosecutors dropped charges of rape, aggravated burglary, breaking and entering and abuse of a corpse. on Tuesday he was sentenced.
He was convicted as an adult in Logan County Common Pleas Court of killing Joan Green in her home Christmas Eve last year, sentenced to 30 years, with the chance of parole. Once released, he will have to register as a sexual offender for the rest of his life.
17-year-old killer of Bellefontaine woman gets life
Categories: predators, murders
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