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Deputies: Man Told 911 He Killed His Mother

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published April 17, 2014 at 6:51 AM EDT

Charges are pending against a Franklin County man accused of killing his mother last night.Sheriff's deputies arrested the man at a home on Burbank Road in Madison Township after he called 911 to report stabbing and killing 58-year-old Mary Jo Ritter. Deputies have not released the man's name.

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Jim Letizia
Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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