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Ohio community seeks clues after 4 women dead and 2 still missing

A small Ohio city is shaken by the deaths of four women and two more are still missing. The women’s relatives seek clues to understand what happened to their loved ones. Police are investigating, but have found no definitive answers.

Police have not ruled out the presence of a serial killer, but believe it’s more likely the women’s troubled lives, which may be the cause. All of them struggled with drug addiction and some had turned to prostitution, as reported by the Associated Press.

Police have learned that some of the women knew each other, which means there’s someone out there who can offer information.

“There’s that one person out there that has the information that’s going to break this case. We know that, we just have to get to them,” said Chillicothe police Officer Bud Lytle.

Six women dead or still missing

Charlotte Trego, 28, has been missing since May 2014. Her mother alerted police when she hadn’t heard from her daughter. A reward of $1,000 was offered for information about her disappearance, but she remains missing. The woman used drugs and may have turned to prostitution to support her habit, said her mother, Yvonne Boggs.

Tameka Lynch, 30, disappeared a couple of weeks later and was reported to have connections with Trego. Her body was found on a sand bar in Paint Creek by kayakers on May 24, 2014. Lynch’s mother said that her daughter was afraid of water.

Still missing is Wanda Lemons, 38, a mother of five, who disappeared in the fall of 2014 and was officially reported as missing in December. She was a kind person who people took advantage of, said her mother, Diana Willett.

The body of Shasta Himelrick , 20, was found in the Scioto River on January 2. She was pregnant and had traces of painkillers and cocaine in her system. The coroner ruled her death a suicide.

Timberly Claytor, 38, was found shot to death in nearby Massieville on May 29. The suspect in her death is in custody on unrelated charges.

Tiffany Sayre, 26, missing since early May, was found dead in neighboring Highland County on June 27 not far from where Lynch’s body was recovered. A cause of death hasn’t been announced.

Heroin takes deadly toll

Chillicothe police and the Ross County sheriff’s office have united to investigate the deaths and disappearances. The local authorities are working with the FBI and state police.

Chillicothe, a small city of about 22,000, is plagued with rising drug addiction. Heroin overdoses are on the rise in Chillicothe and Ross County. Nineteen people died of heroin overdoses, which is up from eight the year before.

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