WESTLAKE, Ohio – A male guest at the WestSpring Inn on Sperry Drive reported at 5 a.m. on April 5 that a new friend he had just met disappeared from the motel with his car and handgun.
The victim’s Kia Seltos had been parked at the WestSpring Inn while he was staying there for the past couple of days. He suspected that a woman, whom he had met online and only knew for a couple of days, had taken the keys from the room and left with the car.
Police said his suspicion was strengthened by the fact that all her possessions were also gone from the motel room. The victim only knew the woman as “Z.” The man’s Taurus handgun had also been in the car when it was taken. The car and firearm were entered into police databases as stolen…