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April J. Adkins Houston

Case from Dover, OH dated Jun 01, 2025

Victim Details

April J. Adkins Houston

Female

White / Caucasian

Dover

OH

2025-06-01

53

April

J. Adkins Houston

06/30/2026

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April J. Adkins Houston, a 53-year-old woman from Dover, Ohio, and identified as White/Caucasian, was found on the afternoon of June 1, 2025, inside the couple’s home on Gordon Road NW, where she was gravely wounded and later pronounced dead at Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital in Stark County. Deputies from the Tuscarawas County Sheriff’s Office had been dispatched just after 1:30 p.m.; they discovered her husband, Robert S. “Bob” Houston, 64, deceased on a bed and April J. Adkins Houston ...
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  • News 5 Cleveland WEWS: Apparent murder-suicide moments before Tuscarawas County graduation party for 18-year-old
  • Canton Repository: Identity of victims in what is believed to be a murder-suicide released by sheriff
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