U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan gets an ally in Claudia Hoerig extradition case

WARREN — U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan has renewed his efforts to have a former Newton Falls woman returned to the United States to face a murder charge.

This time, the congressman from Niles has written to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to help extradite Claudia Hoerig, and he has teamed with U.S. Rep. John Boccieri of Alliance, D-16th, who was elected to Congress last November.

The letter notes that Brazil has offered to try the case in Brazil “provided that the local prosecutor” in Trumbull County “pay all costs.”

The letter continues, “This suggestion is unacceptable because both sides in the case would be unfairly prejudiced by the lack of available evidence and witnesses, and the enormous costs required to provide evidence and witnesses that are available.”

Claudia Hoerig was indicted in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court on an aggravated murder charge accusing her of killing her husband, Karl Hoerig, in their Newton Township home on March 12, 2007.

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