Man charged with plotting wife's murder in NE Ohio

WILLOUGHBY HILLS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man was indicted today on charges that he plotted to kill his wife with his teenage foster daughter, with whom he allegedly was romantically involved.

Kevin Knoefel, 43, of Willoughby Hills was indicted by a Lake County grand jury on counts of conspiracy to commit aggravated murder and complicity to aggravated murder. His wife, 41-year-old Lisa Knoefel, was found stabbed to death in their home in November.

Their foster daughter, Sabrina Zunich, 18, was arrested the night of the slaying and is in jail awaiting trial on a murder charge.

Police in Willoughby Hills, east of Cleveland, got a 911 call before dawn Nov. 16 from a 13-year-old girl screaming that her sister had a knife and was attacking her mother. Police say they found Zunich in the house covered with blood and holding a knife. Her foster mother was found in a first-floor bedroom with fatal stab wounds. Lisa Knoefel had worked at the Division of Children and Family Services in Cuyahoga County.

Knoefel was arrested today by local police and faces arraignment Monday.