Autopsy: Bartender was stabbed, strangled and beaten

Associated Press

MENTOR-ON-THE-LAKE

Preliminary autopsy results show that a bartender found dead near the bar where she worked was stabbed, strangled and beaten.

Lake County Deputy Coroner Mark Komar says Saturday the bartender, 49-year-old Ann McSween of Mentor, died from multiple stab wounds, including one in her neck. He described the homicide as “a horrific killing.”

Mentor-on-the-Lake police say McSween was the last one to leave Mario’s Lakeway Lounge about 3 a.m. Friday. Police say she had restocked the bar and washed glasses before clocking out.

The bar owner called police about six hours later when an employee at a nearby boat yard found her body.