Two unsolved homicide cases from Cincinnati in Hamilton County Ohio.  LeRon Billings, whose body was found in an alleyway in Walnut Hills.  Then Tony Walls who was shot in his car in North College Hill in 2017.

If you have any information on the Leron Billings case, please contact the Cincinnati Police Department.

If you have any information on the Tony Walls case, please contact the North College Hill Police Department

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Resources:

Walls - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Billings - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

‘I know who all was there:’ Family hopeful as new detective reviews cold case murder (fox19.com)

In March of 2017 two human legs were found in the trash at a garbage sorting plant in Columbus Ohio.  DNA proved that the legs belonged to 21-year-old Candice Taylor from Columbus.  This homicide left police baffled and the case is a cold case.  Law Enforcement and Candice Taylor's family need everyone's help in finding the rest of Candice's body and her murderer.

If you have any information on Candice Taylor's case, please contact the Columbus Police Department.

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Resources:

Taylor - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

another true crime blog 🔪 - RIP Candice Taylor; march 29, 2017 in columbus,... (tumblr.com)

They Only Found Her Legs: What Happened to Candice Taylor | The Vivid Faces of the Vanished | NewsBreak Original

June 16, 2015, a body was found in an alley in Dayton Ohio.  The body would be soon identified as 39-year-old Larry Axel.  Larry was shot multiple times.  This cold case out of Montgomery County has been unsolved now for seven years.  There are too many unsolved homicides in Dayton Ohio, let's put our investigative minds to work and help solve Cold Ohio.

If you have any information on this case, please contact the Dayton Police Department.

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Resources: Larry AXEL Obituary (2015) - Dayton, OH - Dayton Daily News (legacy.com) West Third Street shooting death | DAYTON News (daytondailynews.com) Poster - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

April 16, 2012, 15-year-old Chelsea Johnson's body was found on a creek bed in Fairfield Ohio.  Chelsea had left her home the day before and had never returned.  Chelsea was stabbed to death.  There was a person of interest, but no arrest has ever been made in this cold case from Butler County.

If you have any information on the case of Chelsea Johnson, please contact the Fairfield Police Department or Ohio BCI

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Resources:

Attorney General’s cold case unit focuses on Butler County case (journal-news.com)

Family of teen found murdered in Fairfield fighting for justice six years later (fox19.com)

Fairfield police, prosecutor at odds over Chelsea Johnson slaying case (wlwt.com)

BCSO says it also has person of interest in Chelsea Johnson slaying (wlwt.com)

Chelsea Johnson Murder: George Donald Davis Named 'Person Of Interest' In Ohio Teen's Death | HuffPost Latest News

Sheriff's office to review Chelsea Johnson homicide case (cincinnati.com)

Seventeen-year-old Tyler Anderson was found in a driveway with a gunshot wound to the head on May 17, 2012 in Akron Ohio.  There has been no arrest made in the case.  There is a person of interest that law enforcement is looking to talk to.  Can you help solve Cold Ohio.

Youtube video of person of interest: Help APD identify a "Person of Interest" involving an Agg. Murder. Report #12-012759 - YouTube

Any information on the case please contact the Summit County Sheriff's office.

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Anderson - Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost

Tyler Anderson Obituary (2012) - Akron, OH - Akron Beacon Journal (legacy.com)

11 of 25 slayings remain unsolved in Akron (beaconjournal.com)

In November of 1987 three people were murdered execution style in an isolated cabin outside of a smalltown called Eaton, Ohio.  There has never been an arrest for the murders of David Smelser, Donald Marker, and Melinda Newcomb.  All three victims had been shot in the head.  Did the killer get lucky with a three-day head start?

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If you have any information on this case, please contact the Preble County Sheriff's Department.

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Resources: Cold Case Project: 1987 triple homicide vexes Preble County... (daytondailynews.com) OH - OH - David Smelser, Donald Marker, & Melinda Newcomb, Preble County, 30 Oct 1987 (websleuths.com)

August 21, 1993, Kelly Camargo, from Hamiliton, Ohio, had gone out with some friends and had never returned home.  Kelly's body would be found in a field in Preble County Ohio.  There has never been anyone convicted for this crime.

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Cold Ohio Ep 1: Kelly Camargo - YouTube

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Email about this case or any other cold case to [email protected]

Resources:

New evidence key to solving 22-year-old Ohio murder case (daytondailynews.com)

Cold Cases: Miami Valley murder investigations that remain unsolved in 2018 – WHIO TV 7 and WHIO Radio

Cold Ohio takes a look at unsolved homicide cold cases from all over the state of Ohio with host Bill Swafford (host of Murderers In Ohio podcast). Cold Ohio episodes will be only ten to fifteen minutes long for the listeners don't have to set aside a lot of time to put their investigative minds to work.

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