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FROM WDTN, DAYTON'S NBC: THIS
SOLVE THE THOUSANDS OF COLD
CASE MURDERS ACROSS THE STATE
OF OHIO. GOOD EVENING I'M
KATIE USSIN. AND I'M MARK
ALLAN. AMONG THOSE IS A
BRUTAL DOUBLE HOMICIDE THAT
LEFT A MIAMI VALLEY COMMUNITY
SHAKEN. 70-YEAR OLD ROBERT
GRUBE AND HIS 47-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER COLLEEN WERE BOUND
WITH DUCT TAPE AND SHOT TO
DEATH... AT THEIR BURRVILLE
ROAD HOME OUTSIDE FORT
RECOVERY LAST NOVEMBER.
JORDAN BURGESS IS LIVE WITH
THE NEW PROGRAM.. THAT COULD
SHED NEW LIGHT.
THEY'RE THE KIND OF CASES
THAT STAY WITH YOU. MAYBE
YOU EVEN REMEMBER SOME OF THE
HEADLINE GRABBING HOMICIDES
THROUGH THE YEARS THAT HAVE
YET TO BE SOLVED. BUT NOW A
NEW EFFORT INTENDS TO BRING
SOME OF THOSE KILLERS TO
JUSTICE...AND THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL CHOSE THOSE MERCER
COUNTY KILLINGS TO HIGHLIGHT
HOW IT CAN HELP.
LIKE THE STREAM THAT FLOWS
NEAR THEIR FORMER
HOME...INFORMATION CONTINUES
TO TRICKLE IN ON THE HOMICIDES
OF 70-YEAR OLD ROBERT GRUBE
AND HIS 47-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER
COLLEEN. I STILL HAVE A VERY
POSITIVE OUTLOOK THAT WE'RE
GOING TO FIND ROBERT AND
COLLEEN'S KILLERS. BUT FOR
NOW THE CASE IS LIKE THE MORE
THAN 5,000 OTHER UNSOLVED
HOMICIDES IN OHIO. ALTHOUGH
A NEW EFFORT IS UNDERWAY TO
CLOSE SOME OF THOSE CASES THAT
DATE BACK AS FAR AS THE 1960'S.
I WOULD GUARANTEE IF WE GET A
SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF THESE
CASES WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE
CASES. WE'LL GET TIPS. WE'LL
GET THINGS THAT MATTER. OHIO
ATTORNEY GENERAL MIKE DEWINE
IS PUSHING TO INCREASE THE
STATE'S ONLINE DATABASE OF
UNSOLVED HOMICIDES. IT
ALLOWS YOU TO SEARCH FOR CASES
USING NAMES...PLACES..EVEN
FEATURES SPECIFIC TO THAT CASE.
ONE THING I'VE FOUND IN DOING
THIS FOR 30 YEARS IS THAT
INFORMATION IS THE KEY. IT'S
THE KEY TO INVESTIGATIONS. YOU
GET MATCHES YOU'D NEVER THINK
YOU'D GET. THINGS COME UP.
RIGHT NOW THE DATABASE
INCLUDES JUST 166 CASES BUT
WE'VE GOTTEN WORD THAT DAYTON
AND MONTGOMERY COUNTY WILL
SOON ADD THEIR UNSOLVED
HOMICIDES..WHICH TOTAL MORE
THAN 400. THE REQUEST IS
GOING OUT TO OTHER AGENCIES TO
INCLUDE THEIRS AS WELL. IT HAS
NOT GROWN VERY FAST. WE'RE
GOING TO JUMP START THIS
THING. IN THE
MEANTIME...INVESTIGATORS
CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO THE
GRUBE CASE. THE REWARD HAS
NOW BEEN RAISED TO 20-THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THE HOPE IS JUST
LIKE THE WATER RUSHING BY THE
HOME..THE STREAM OF
INFORMATION ALSO WON'T DRY UP.
THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT SOLVED
YET TODAY IS STILL NAGGING AT
US.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THE
DATABASE OF UNSOLVED HOMICIDES
WE HAVE A LINK ON OUR
WEBSITE..JUST LOOK FOR
WEBLINKS ON THE RIGHT HAND
SIDE OF THE HOMEPAGE. WE'RE
TOLD ANY TIPS ARE FORWARDED TO
THE AGENCY INVESTIGATING THE
CASE. REPORTING LIVE..JORDAN
BURGESS. 2NEWS.