METRO DIGEST || Woman dead for some time, police say

Reptiles, amphibians

CANFIELD

Join Mahoning County OSU Extension and fellow industry professionals to learn about spring peepers and other reptiles and amphibians in Northeast Ohio.

Speakers for the free program are David Dimitrie, a doctoral student from Case Western Reserve University, and Teal Richards-Dimitrie, herpetologist at EnviroScience Inc. Also presenting will be John Ferrante from the Beaver Creek Wildlife Education Center. He will be bringing a live box turtle, along with some other interesting reptiles and amphibians. The two-hour program will begin at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at Canfield Fairgrounds, 7265 Columbiana-Canfield Road. To register or learn more, call Mahoning County Extension office at 330-533-5538.

Woman’s body found

YOUNGSTOWN

A woman’s body was found inside a home in the 2000 block of Mahoning Avenue. City police were called to the house around 7:30 p.m. Saturday and are calling the death “suspicious.”

Detective Lt. Douglas Bobovnyik, said someone at the home called “for an unresponsive female,” according to 21 WFMJ-TV, The Vindicator’s broadcast partner.

“The EMTs arrived, they went to treat the female, they noticed she was already deceased, probably deceased for some time,” Bobovnyik said.

He added that it appears the victim, who looks to be in her early 40s, was beaten. Officials on the scene found no evidence of a break-in or robbery and called police and detectives immediately to investigate.

Neighbors said the woman, who lives on one side of a duplex, was taken away by ambulance, and her boyfriend was transported in a police vehicle.

The woman was often ill and taken to the hospital for treatment, the neighbors said.

New dean at Thiel

GREENVILLE, PA.

Thiel College announced the appointment of Elizabeth Frombgen, Ph.D., as its new vice president for academic affairs and dean of the college. Frombgen follows Lynn Franken, Ph.D., who is retiring at the end of this academic year.

Frombgen earned her undergraduate degree at Western Washington University, Bellingham, Wash., and completed master’s and doctoral programs at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind.