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South Euclid man recognized as victim in Walton Hills' first murder given that 1972


South Euclid man recognized as victim in Walton Hills' first murder given that 1972


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WALTON HILLS, Ohio (BNN) - - Authorities have recognized the male found dead outside a Sagamore Road home on Monday, who had been shot several times in the head.

It's the village's first murder in more than 50 years, according to cops.

Authorities reacted simply after 9 a.m. on Monday, March 25, to a home in the 17300 block of Sagamore Road, where they found 26-year-old Shemsi Baraka, of South Euclid, dead in the front backyard, about 40 yards from the roadway

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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office ruled his death a murder, triggered by several gunshot injuries to the head.

The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting with the case.

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The last murder reported in Walton Hills remained in 1972, Walton Hills Police Chief Dave Kwiatkowski informed BNN News.

The victim was Edwin Chapek, who was assassinated throughout an armed robbery by masked guys at his home along Alexander Road, according to a historical account written in 2005.

3 of the four suspects were ultimately caught, attempted and sentenced. But the 4th eluded authorities for more than twenty years. The FBI described him as an "organized crime figure" who underwent plastic surgery to change his look.

He was captured in 1993 at a trailer park in Tucson, Arizona, after the case was featured on the television show "America's Most Wanted."

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