120 Richards Road, Toledo

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120 Richards Rd, Toledo Ohio 43607

Scott Park

Lucas County

By Andrea Batteas

The Residents of Ms Marilyn Robeson:

120 Richards Home is a 3 bedroom home built in 1956. It was purchased in December of 2002 by a Marilyn Robeson. The former owners were Leroy and Edith Coley. They lived with their daughter Cheryl Coley (Bray).

Here are the former tenants of the house:

AL WATSON
AMY WATSON
EDNA KUNZ
AMANDA HUTCHINSON
CHERYL COLEY BRAY
EDITH COLEY*
LEROY COLEY
THOMAS COLEY
MARILYN ROBESON
PAUL KOZBIAL

*EDNA KUNZ died 12/15/2009 but nothing indicates the death was at this address. I could not find any additional info available on her death.

Her obituary:

KUNZ Edna (Martin) Edna Kunz passed away on Tuesday, December 15, 2009, at Heartland of Perrysburg while under Hospice care. She was born on July 27, 1936, in Ironwood, OH, to Albert and Mabel (Etts) Martin. She was mostly a homemaker who enjoyed cooking, sewing and crocheting. She loved to go out to Metzger's Marsh and made many trips out there to watch the waves and collect driftwood. Edna is survived by her daughters, Marilyn Robeson, Cindy Dieball and Carol Kunz; grandchildren, Tom Hutchinson, Amy (Hutchison) Watson, Jamie (Dieball) Sampsel and Betsy (Dieball) Wunderlin; 11 great grandchildren; sisters, Arlene "Dala" Dart and Jane Simonis; special friend, Cathy Kunz. Preceding her in death were her parents; former husband, Fred Kunz; sister, Vivian "Sis" Austin and brothers; Albert "Mike" Martin, Harry "Bill" Martin and Timothy Martin. According to her wishes, there will be no visitation. There will be a private graveside memorial. The family requests that any memorial contributions be sent to Heartland Hospice, 3450 W. Central Avenue, Suite 230, Toledo, OH 43606. Arrangements by Maison-Dardenne-Walker Funeral Home

Brief History and Geographics of Lucas County:

Lucas County was established in 1835. Originally it was a part of Wood County, OH and Lenawee County, MI. Today Lucas County's borders are Wood Co., OH, (the Maumee River separates Wood Co. from Lucas Co.) Ottawa Co., OH, Fulton Co., OH, Henry Co., OH, Lenawee Co., MI and Monroe Co., MI. The County was named in honor of the 12th Ohio Governor, Robert Lucas. He served in office from 1832-1836. He died, February 7, 1853 and is buried in the Oakland Cemetery in Iowa City, Iowa.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 596 square miles, 341 square miles: land, 255 square miles:water. It is the fourth-smallest county. Prior to Lucas County’s establishment, it was a vast network of forests, wetlands, and grasslands known as the Great Black Swamp.

Referring to Wikipedia:

“The Great Black Swamp (also known simply as the Black Swamp), was a glacially fed wetland in northwest Ohio and extreme northeast Indiana, United States, that existed from the end of the Wisconsin glaciation until the late 19th century. Comprising extensive swamps and marshes, with some higher, drier ground interspersed, it occupied what was formerly the southwestern part of proglacial Lake Maumee, aholocene precursor to Lake Erie. The area was about 25 miles (40 km) wide (north to south) and 100 miles (160 km) long, covering an estimated 1,500 square miles (4,000 km²).^[3] Gradually drained and settled in the second half of the 19th century, it is now highly productive farm land. During the second half of the 20th century, efforts were undertaken to preserve and restore portions of the swamp to its pre-settlement state.”

Brief History Demographics of Scott Park:

The neighborhood of Scott Park is bounded by Dorr Street, The Conrail Railroad tracks (no casualties or incidents were found), Byrne Road, Hill Avenue, Richards Rd and the Toledo City limits.

Scott Park is named in honor of Jesup Scott, 1799-1874. Mr. J. Scott was the editor for the Toledo Blade from 1844 to 1847. He used The Blade to openly expressed his beliefe that Toledo would become bigger than Paris, London, and New York.In 1872 Scott donated 160 acres of land near a preposed railroad terminal as an endorsement for a Univerity. Jesup Scott is buried in Forest Cemetery on 1704 Mulberry Road in Toledo. It is 6.3 miles from the residents home. No other information about this cemetery could found other than it is a full-service, nonprofit Catholic burial cemetery, and is a part of the Cemeteries of Toledo.

In 2015

• Scott Park made the Top Ten Most Dangerous neighborhoods in Toledo, zeroing in on Dorr Street and Richards Avenue.

• There are registered sex offenders within 1 miles
• The overall crime rate in Scott Park is 34% higher than than the national average.
• For every 100,000 people, there are 11.39 daily crimes that occur in Scott Park

Death/Murders/Mysteries:

A Hit and Run (945 feet from residence)

On February 2015, Johnny Rivera III (34) was struck and killed by an Angela Swartz (43) on the corner of Hill Avenue and Richards Road.

A Serial Murder (1.07 miles)

The Cook Brothers: Nathaniel and Anthony were serial murderers and rapists from 1973-1981. They pled guilty for the murders of nine victims, the youngest only 12 years old.

On Sept. 18, 1981, Anthony Cook attacked Todd Sabo and Leslie Sawicki, who had been drinking in the back of a van parked at an apartment complex in the 4100 block of North Terrace View Drive near Richards Road.

Ms. Sawicki managed to escape while Mr. Sabo fought with Anthony Cook. She found a phone and called her father and then she called the police. The Ottawa Hills police station was 0.2 of a mile from the scene, but they didn't send officers because it was out of their jurisdiction. They referred the call to Toledo police, but Peter Sawicki arrived at the apartment complex first.

Anthony Cook fatally shot Mr. Sawicki in the throat. Mr. Sabo was shot in the neck and shoulder, but survived.

The arrest of Anthony Cook for the murder halted the killing spree. Eventually the authorities caught Nathaniel Cook. They pled guilty to charges brought against them and are currently serving life in prison.

The Unsolved Murder of Kenneth Collins (1.8 miles)

May 25, 2013, a Highway Patrol trooper was notified that a vehicle stopped in the roadway.

When the trooper reached the vehicle, on North Reynolds Road between Dorr Street and West Bancroft Streets, he found Kenneth Collins II, 20 years old, unconscious in the driver's seat. He was rushed to the University of Toledo Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.

According to the autopsy performed by the Lucas County Coroner's Office, Collins was shot twice, the fatal wound was between his back and upper abdomen.

Twisted Mystery, Death of a Nun and Satanic Ceremony (4.68 miles)

April 2004, Reverend J Robinson, 66 years old, was arrested for the murder of Sister Margaret Ann Pahl. She was strangled to death and then stabbed 33 times in the Mercy Hospital Chapel on Hold Sunday 1980. This was believed to be a part of a Satanic Ceremony.

The arrest was made because of a woman's allegations led to the reopening of the case. She wrote a detailed statement alleging years of sexual, physical, and psychological abuse by Toledo diocesan and religious-order priests during her childhood.

The victim described Satanic ceremonies in which priests placed her in a coffin filled with cockroaches, forced her to ingest what she believed to be a human eyeball, and penetrated her with a snake "to consecrate these orifices to Satan."

She also alleged that the group of clerics killed an infant and a 3-year-old child, performed an abortion on her, and mutilated dogs during the rituals,

The cold-case detectives said that while they could not substantiate any of the woman's allegations, they recognized Father Robinson's name from the 1980 murder case and that led them to re-examine the evidence.

After his arrest another woman wrote in with allegations of the same nature, satanic rituals, sacrifice and murder.

Though DNA test came back that he was most likely not guilty of murdering Sister Margaret Ann Pahl, the Jury still found him guilty. He spent the last 8 years of his life in prison.