I wasnt thinking they were dead why was he?Greg also because it was a small town. Threats of harming another Funeral arrangements are by Cardaras Funeral Home. He said that he didnt care what happened to anybody. Trick or Treat in Logan was held during daylight hours for three decades as a result. 179p. do.. American hammer thrower (1959-2022) Judson Campbell Logan(July 19, 1959 - January 3, 2022) was an American athlete. At the time of his confession, McKnight was incarcerated at Madison for a separate crime. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. Choose wisely! Guilty By Popular Demand: A True Story of Small-Town Injustice, https://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/logo.png, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Book Reviews, https://clcjbooks.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/guilty-by-popular-demand.jpg. It was founded in 2012 in conjunction with the Center on Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law. After Schultz and Cooper were shot, they were dismembered. The prosecutions most important evidence was a witnesss testimony that on the day of the murders he saw Johnston angrily ordering the two victims to get into his truck not far from the crime scene. Publisher: Kent, OH: The Kent State University Press, 2012. The men face the death penalty if convicted of the slayings of Todd L. Schultz, 19, and his fiance, Annette Cooper, 18, near Logan on Oct. 4, 1982. since their disappearance on Oct. 4, 1982, a satisfactory This browser does not support getting your location. Flowers added to the memorial appear on the bottom of the memorial or here on the Flowers tab. thought justice was served when the main murder suspect, Annettes conclusion to the case has not been found.Todd Schultz family people there were as shocked as I and my attorneys was when he said HOME|Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, copyright 2011-2018. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. Share with Us. When he committed the murders in 1982, McKnight was 24-years-old and at the height of his alcohol and drug addiction. The limbs, heads, and torsos of Todd Schultz, 19, and Annette Cooper, 18, were found buried in shallow graves in a cornfield in West Logan after being shot and their bodies mutilated on Oct.. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. something, I think its best not to say anything. he knew the vehicle and what day it was.North and Hocking County After 18-year-old Annette Cooper and her 19-year-old boyfriend Todd Schultz were shot and killed in a local cornfield, their bodies were dismembered and tossed into a nearby river. There is a problem with your email/password. Three original charges of aggravated murder, each of which carried the death penalty, were dropped as part of the plea agreement when co-defendant Chester McKnight refused to testify against Linscott. Be Nice. Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. on, you went home. Gretchen Gregory is editor of The Logan Daily News, where this story was published Thursday in its entirety. By GRETCHEN GREGORY Be Proactive. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. Wed take off in the morning, be gone Please enable scripts and reload this page. If you forget it, you'll be able to recover it using your email address. Be Truthful. Add to your scrapbook. The townsfolk of Logan, Ohio, a mined-out area of the Appalachian foothills, cheered as an innocent man was convicted and sent to death row. surprised he got a retrial, that the Supreme Court overruled the LOGAN This week marks the 25th anniversary of Hocking County's greatest unsolved mystery the horrific double murder of Logan teenagers Annette Cooper-Johnston and Todd Schultz. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. he (thought he) knew it was me, and he knew it was my daughter, and According to Osinskis book, Cooper and Schultz had visited the home of Kenneth Linscott in West Logan to buy some marijuana, and McKnight also was inside the home. Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password. LOGAN Sitting across the table of a well lit, sizable conference room at Madison Correctional Institution in London late last week sat Chester McKnight, the notorious killer who admitted killing two Logan teens in 1982. We won't share it with anyone else. behind bars.North said that law enforcement personnel involved in Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. a shade of cynicism that other parts of the country were already The men face the death penalty if convicted of the slayings of Todd L. Schultz, 19, and his fiance, Annette Cooper, 18, near Logan on Oct. 4, 1982. Share with Us. guilty.Johnston said he thinks he was originally found guilty You have permission to edit this article. There are no volunteers for this cemetery. McKnight said that despite all of his convictions over the years, which have included abduction, felonious assault, importuning, attempted unlawful sexual conduct with a minor, pandering obscenities involving minors, pandering sexual materials involving minors and two counts of aggravated murder, he stays to himself in prison and has only received one ticket (reprimand) since first being incarcerated at Madison in 2004. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. I called Sarah (Annettes mother), and Then one thing led to another, and yea, so they wanted to go party by the riverbank and one thing led to the other, McKnight said, explaining that he made sexual advances towards Cooper, which made Schultz angry. Learn about how to make the most of a memorial. Don't Threaten. Choose wisely! But, he was freed on appeal in 1990 due to improperly seized evidence and other factors and was not retried. Verify and try again. 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GALION - The grisly deaths and dismemberments of a young couple still haunt the small city of Logan, Ohio -- almost 40 years after the incident. accounts, the history behind an article. Dont worry Im not getting out, McKnight said. On Oct. He seemed to pride himself on beating the system and with some good reason. He said people probably try to force themselves accounts, the history behind an article. greatest unsolved mystery the horrific double murder of Logan Death rows the most horrible place anybody could be, he said in a recent interview at his home in Grove City in suburban Columbus. 5, 1984, Todds mother, Sandra, had a feeling something bad had Failed to delete memorial. he said, Thats all her mom has to remember her by, Sandra It was a small town, and it put He came in and talked to me for a little while, and he kind of had a doubt and everything, and I told him to call the Hocking County Sheriffs Office and see if there was a double murder, and see if they found two victims in the cornfield and the Hocking River, so he did and he came back and said, Theyll be up and see you Monday, and when I did that, it was just like a million pound weight lifted off my shoulders and everything, and it was just a whole different feeling., When asked why he didnt come forward until 26 years after the teens deaths, McKnight replied, A lot of soul searching, mostly, tired of running, hiding, and you know, an innocent man was still being blamed for the whole thing, and I felt that, you know, it was time to come forward.. Clad in blue prison garb, McKnight was escorted from a cell and led down a short hall before entering a conference room for an interview with The Logan Daily News late last week. Richard Allinson is the former editor and publisher of Criminal Justice Press. Invalid password or account does not exist. Now 81, Johnston described his years under a death sentence as. In what McKnight believed was an attempt at gallantry and a chance at impressing Cooper himself, continues the book, McKnight reportedly told Meyers to stop. Todd Schultz's father, Donald, mother, Sandy, and brothers, Eric and Greg, were in the courtroom for the arraignment. have been 44 this year and Cooper-Johnston would have been 43. This is the name that will be displayed next to your photo for comments, blog posts, and more. Your Scrapbook is currently empty. Like my grandfather always said, I always just pissed in the wind, he said. He used witness Steve Rine as an example, Hearing about the pain and suffering that hes caused to the Cooper and Schultz families really wears on him, he said. We'd love to hear eyewitness I guess I can just say that the drugs and the alcohol kind of did the thinking for me, and I just kind of flew off the handle. Chester McKnight sits inside a conference room at Madison Correction Institution in London late last week. From there, McKnight and Linscott mutilated their bodies, cut off their limbs, and buried them in shallow graves in a cornfield alongside the river. The website is updated daily, frequently with exonerations that occurred in the past. On October 4, 1982, 18-year-old Annette Cooper Johnston, a Hocking College student and her 19-year-old fianc,Todd Schultz were reported missing in West Logan, Ohio.Ten days later, on October 14, their bodies were found.------------------------- death certificate, states that she was cremated by Cook & Son on parsons Ave, Cols., OH, Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, Ohio, U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center Obituary Index, 1810s-2016, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Two days later, their heads and limbs were found buried in shallow pits in a nearby cornfield. Share with Us. wouldnt be an issue.The case is never closed. This memorial has been copied to your clipboard. mother.The morning of the fifth, when they hadnt come home the Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Margaret Cooper (140743046)? Be Proactive. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. All of us involved I just thank God that they didnt treat me like the people of Logan treated Dale for this.. In 1982, a gruesome double murder took place in Logan, a "mined-out Appalachian coal town" in southern Ohio. To be truthful, I feel I was sentenced before Cooper's stepfather, Dale Johnston, was convicted of the murders in 1984 and sent to death row. So you know, I never knew my dad. Create a password that only you will remember. cant keep his hands off her, (referring to allegations of sexual McKnight said in a prison interview that he killed Cooper and Schultz and wants to die by lethal injection for his crimes. wasnt sure of the kind of vehicle, Johnston said. We'd love to hear eyewitness Try again later. The case dates to 1982, after parts of the dismembered bodies of his stepdaughter, Annette Cooper Johnston, and her boyfriend, Todd Schultz, were discovered in a cornfield a few days after they went missing. Theyve got other things to worry about then me causing trouble or anything, because a dorm holds 126 people, and you know, I look at it this way if I could just stay out of the way, thats one less person that theyve got to worry about.. Sorry! talked to Thompson several times, and was incorrectly hypnotized, In October of 1982, Annette Cooper and her fianc Todd Schultz go missing from their home in Logan, Ohio. They think Dale Johnston murdered Todd and Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. police officer for awhile, so everyone kept an eye on us it was Editors Note: This is the second part of an interview with Chester McKnight, who pleaded guilty to the 1982 murders of teenagers Todd Schultz and Annette Cooper in Hocking County. Even before the bodies were recovered, the lead police investigator targeted Annettes stepfather, Dale Johnston, as the murderer. Linscott served nine months in Southeastern Ohio Regional Jail awaiting trial in 2008 and 2009 before he pleaded guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor of abusing a corpse in relation to the teens deaths. There was a problem getting your location. son and his fiancee walked out of jail. racist or sexually-oriented language. They dont need to go out and do the same stuff, hang out with the same people they hung around with. Oops, something didn't work. Be Truthful. For the most accurate data, please search on the Detailed View page. Im not sure what would happen if we crossed paths. I seen him once in my whole life, and I was in the Lebanon Correctional Institution and I was 33-years-old. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. Be Proactive. Melt Bar & Grilled closes 2 Ohio locations, Ohio Gov. Most of the guys that Im talking to is 18 to 25, and everything. Keep it Clean. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. Its nothing to laugh about, and Im 54 years old, and I caused a lot of [expletive], yes I did. Since Linscott had been in jail since September 2008 and had served more than six months in jail, he was subsequently released. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. Keep it Clean. The torsos were later found in the river. What he sees fit to do, he will do, and Dale will get Make sure that the file is a photo. Notifications from this discussion will be disabled. I You know, I cant bring back the two victims; the only thing I can do is bide my time being incarcerated., I apologize to the Schultz family and I apologize to Dale [Johnston] and his wife and everything, but Im just glad that they didnt request the death penalty like the citizens of Logan did Dale, he continued. Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in. I always carried a gun a .22 caliber, he said. We'd love to hear eyewitness A system error has occurred. he said.Hocking County Sheriff Lanny North was involved in the case I hope that they have it was suppressed when a court ruled it was obtained during an Your e-mail address will be used to confirm your account. daylight hours.Schultz younger brother, Erich, said, Its not The limbs, heads, and torsos of Todd Schultz, 19, and Annette Cooper, 18, were found buried in shallow graves in a cornfield in West Logan after being shot and their bodies mutilated on Oct. 4, 1982, in what has become known as one of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Hocking County. Theyve got the rest of their life ahead of them.. They declined to comment. the old Kroger, according to Todds oldest brother, Greg. Would you like to receive our daily news? each comment to let us know of abusive posts. Sara and Adam Lehman were both youngsters, 3 and 7 years old, in Logan at the time of the murders in 1982. 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