4 years later: No arrests in double murder near the University of Akron

Cheryl Rossbach, a nurse at MetroHealth Medical Center, was working in the early morning hours of Sept. 19, 2021, when an Akron police officer showed up at the hospital and said three sentences to her that she will never forget.

“He said, ‘Your daughter was at a party. Shots were fired. She did not survive,'” Rossbach recalled. “When he said that, I let out this primeval scream. I just screamed so loud.”

Maya McFetridge, 18, who had a big heart, loved making paintings for people she cared about and was known for her colorful hair, was gone— she was the victim of a shooting just a few weeks into her freshman year at the University of Akron…

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