Zeneth Lawrence

On December 28, 1995, 55-year-old Zenith Lawrence was shot and killed while delivering newspapers in Dayton, Ohio. Known in her neighborhood as "the paper lady," Lawrence was well-liked by the community she served. On that frigid morning, she was in her parked car on Oxford Avenue, sorting newspapers, when someone approached her vehicle and shot her in the head. Investigators believe she was a victim of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and the motive was thought to be a robbery, as a ...