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Murder charge in Windham Man allegedly kills girlfriend's 5-month-old daughter

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December 12, 2008

By Dave O'Brien
Record-Courier staff writer
A 29-year-old Windham Township man was arrested Thursday on charges he murdered his girlfriend's five-month-old daughter Wednesday while the child was under his care.
Kenneth B. Shears, 29, of 10011 North Ashington St., was arrested on a charge of murder, an unclassified felony, Portage County Sheriff Duane Kaley said Thursday.
According to Kaley, the child suffered physical violence while under Shears' care at the North Ashington Street address. She was later taken to Robinson Memorial Hospital in Ravenna, where she was pronounced dead. Kaley said Thursday night his department was not releasing the victim's name.
A postmortem examination by the Summit County Medical Examiner's Office determined the death was a homicide, Kaley said. Shears voluntarily came to the Portage County Justice Center in Shalersville and was interviewed there at about 3:45 p.m. Thursday, he said.
Shears left the justice center, but was later arrested at the North Ashington Street address following further investigation by sheriff's Lt. Greg Johnson and Det. Liz Ittel.
Shears is being held in the Portage County jail pending arraignment, Kaley said.




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85.
    Posted by Old Ma September 15, 2009
LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
ROT!

84.
    Posted by sherri7352 January 27, 2009
42069

Your cousin an adult? Does he know the difference between right and wrong? Enough said? Don't be so ridiculous. I'm not going to shut up! What he did was a horrific crime and he should be punished as so. As a mother I love my children uncoditionally. I'm pretty certain my bond with my children is much greater than yours with your cousin. However, if one of my children had committed such a crime, I would feel the same. There are no excuses!!

83.
    Posted by G-ville resident January 21, 2009
I don't think anyone should use this as a way to argue about who is right or wrong. Not to mention argue about incest, just let justice happen one way or the other, the truth does seem to come out in the end!

82.
    Posted by RTOWN January 2, 2009
42069 - As I read your comment I thought I heard a banjo playing off in the distance... Remember incest doesn't equal cousins.

81.
    Posted by formerportagecountyres January 2, 2009
This is for unknow42069,

First off, please use spell check. It is quite hard to understand what you are trying to say in your message. People should NOT shut up! What your cousin (or whoever he is to you) did is absolutely sick! People have the right to voice that! If you do not like it, then do not read the comment section. It's a very sad and tragic thing that happened, and people who murder children are NOT WELL LIKED PEOPLE!

80.
    Posted by unknow42069_inactive January 1, 2009
Hey wow what kenny did was really really wrong he loved those kids to death he just needs help and he will get the help he needs. He was not thinking when he did what he did. I love kenny like a a bother and i am is cosin but i hate him for what he did but i still love him so. u all sould shut up. out of all of you i am the closest to kenny. me and him were close. so if you do not know kenny u sould shut up. i not saying what he did is right cuz it is not but u sould shut up if u do not no him.

79.
    Posted by aroosa32790 December 30, 2008
I think that the man who killed this child should be put to death. Why should we pay for his room and bord for the rest of his life and fill up the jails and prisons? if it were a eye for an eye or a tooth for a tooth maybe people wouldn't do the stupid things they do!

78.
    Posted by CommunityGuy December 24, 2008
This mans limbs should be amputated until he no longer has the ability to feed himself. Why should we (society) give him a chance when he did not let the child have one?

77.
    Posted by RTOWN December 23, 2008
Is it Rootstown or Ravenna Town?? Either way you're still an idiot. I'm glad to see you figured out which to/too to use.

I used to live...

Good boy. Now if I can get you to utilize the indoor bathroom you should be all set for life's demands as an outstanding citizen. Let me know if you would like to confabulate on this topic further.

76.
    Posted by Anonymous1985 December 23, 2008
And that's coming from rootstown lol. Oh wait another Hudson wannabe. Get out of here and don't stick your nose in an issue that don't concern you. I used to live in Rootstown myself only difference from Windham is guess what? Much nicer neighborhood. Wait what about the Rootstown man that was busted a few years back for having 20 pounds of grass up his a**. Glorified Windham I would say.

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