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Police: Couple staged murder with ketchup, texted photos to friends

SANDUSKY

Police say a couple in Ohio staged a murder scene in a bathtub in which they poured ketchup over her and he then sent pictures to friends, saying he did it.

Sandusky officers showed up after getting calls Thursday night from three people police say were “hysterical.”

That’s when officers discovered that the scene in the couple’s bathtub had been staged.

Police say Nataleigh Schlette and Micah Risner are charged with inducing panic. Both pleaded not guilty Friday.

Police Sgt. Dawn Allen told the Sandusky Register that while it might have been funny to the couple, it wasn’t a joke to police.

The couple couldn’t be reached to comment. No telephone numbers were listed for them. Court records didn’t indicate whether they have an attorney.

4-year-old takes flight amid high winds in Cleveland area

LYNDHURST, Ohio

High winds that blew through the Cleveland area knocked a little girl off her feet, literally.

Brittany Gardner, posted a video on Facebook of her 4-year-old daughter, Madison, opening the storm door to a home Wednesday only to be blown off the steps. She is seen desperately clinging to the door handle while her mom runs to her rescue.

Gardner told WJW-TV that Madison held on to the door handle until she came to take her down. She says her little girl “is totally OK.”

Book filled with blank pages tops Amazon sales

SEATTLE

A joke book “written” by a conservative author and filled with blank pages in a dig at Democrats is the top-selling book on Amazon.

“Reasons to Vote for Democrats: A Comprehensive Guide” consists of 266 pages. It has a table of contents, chapters and a bibliography, but no words on the pages other than the book and chapter titles.

It’s billed in the description as “a political treatise sure to stand the test of time.”

As of Friday morning, it was Amazon’s best-selling book. The paperback is available for about $8.

Associated Press