Parole denied for second convict in Skica killing

COLUMBUS — A second man convicted in the 1982 shooting death of a Boardman man has been denied parole.

The family of the late Doug Skica learned this week that the Ohio Parole Board denied parole for Jerome Thompson. Thompson is scheduled to appear before the board again in September 2014.

Thompson, 52, formerly of the Cleveland area, was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in Skica’s death. He is also serving time for unrelated offenses from Cuyahoga County.

The parole board decided that Thompson wasn’t “suitable for release at this time based on the serious nature of his crime,” said JoEllen Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.

Thompson is housed in Grafton Correctional Institution.

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