AUSTINTOWN Homicide history


In the last decade, the Austintown Police Department has investigated 10 homicide cases and one manslaughter case. Only the two most recent cases, the murders of Odomie Wellington in December 2010 and Stephen Shonn in January 2011, remain unsolved.

Looking back:

2003: Three homicides.

2004: One manslaughter.

2007, 2009, 2011: One homicide each year.

2005, 2008: Zero.

2006, 2010: Two homicides each year.

Broken Down:

Aggravated murder: Two.

Murder: Two.

Aggravated vehicular homicide: Three.

Negligent homicide: One.

Involuntary manslaughter: One.

Unsolved (ruled murder): Two.

Source: Austintown Police Department