The papers — this one and every other one — are littered with stories of pain and sorrow, of death and of lives cut short. We read them, and they make us sad. They make us anxious. They make us fret about the troubled state of the world. Then the paper is thrown out, and too often the stories are forgotten.
On Sept. 21, 2021, Texas native Angela Cutrer Strussion was killed alongside her husband, Tom Strussion, their two dogs and a pet cat at their home in Belmont, Ohio. The couple were shot and their house was set on fire, authorities have said. The suspect, 32-year-old Andrew Griffin , was arrested in Hilo, Hawaii, on Feb. 28 and extradited back to Ohio to face 14 charges ranging from aggravated murder to aggravated burglary and arson. He pleaded not guilty on March 17 , and he could face the death penalty if convicted at trial.
But that’s not the story; that’s a cleaned-up police blotter. This is the story:…