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Mom of 2 killed delivering pizzas in Washington C.H.
Friday, June 30, 2000
Bob Dreitzler
Dispatch Staff Reporter
WASHINGTON C.H., Ohio -- Grief and rage consumed Richard Cordell yesterday as he stood behind a police barricade and wondered what investigators were doing in the middle-school parking lot where his daughter's body lay.
"I think she was probably robbed,'' said Cordell of the South Side of Columbus. He is the father of 31-year-old Precious Canter, a mother of two who was killed early yesterday as she delivered pizzas for a local restaurant.
"What do they carry? Maybe $20?'' Cordell said. "I think she got killed over 20 damned dollars.''
It's the first homicide in at least eight years for Washington Court House, a city of 13,500 people about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, Police Chief Larry Mongold said.
Police found Canter's body about 3 a.m. yesterday in weeds near the parking lot at Washington Middle School.
Mongold said employees at the Pizza-N- Motion restaurant notified police about 1 a.m. that their co-worker had failed to return from a delivery run.
An officer on patrol found her car in an alley behind the parking lot.
Her body was on the ground near the car, the chief said.
Mongold said he would not speculate on whether Canter had been robbed.
Fayette County Coroner Ralph Gebhart said a preliminary examination indicates Canter died of massive head injuries. No weapon was found at the scene, he said.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death and to establish whether she was raped, Gebhart said.
Canter, who is 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 90 pounds, was found with her shorts around her ankles and her blouse pulled over her head, Gebhart said.
Police had no suspects yesterday, Mongold said.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification was asked to help collect and analyze evidence, he said.
Canter's last pizza delivery had been in the N. Fayette Street area a few blocks from where she was found, Mongold said.
The area is a residential neighborhood about five blocks from the police station.
Cordell said police appeared to be doing a thorough job, but he earlier had expressed impatience that his daughter's body was still at the scene at 12:30 p.m., more than nine hours after it was discovered.
"They haven't let the family know anything,'' he said.
Other relatives said Canter worked four days a week at the restaurant, which was closed yesterday because of the death.
Canter was part of a tight-knit family that includes three households that live on Broadway Street, several blocks from the restaurant.
"She was a very good mother, a good housekeeper and a devoted wife,'' said Simon Canter, her father-in-law, who lives directly across the street from Canter; her husband, Ronnie; and their two children, a boy, 11, and a girl, 3.
Canter's twin sister, Shelly, also lives a few doors away.
Canter and her husband would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary next week, Simon Canter said.
A counselor from the Fayette County victim-assistance program was meeting with family members yesterday afternoon.
Jennifer Patterson, a Washington C.H. resident who sometimes had pizzas delivered by Canter, said the killing frightens her.
"I work in two restaurants, and I have three young children,'' she said. "When I get off late at night, the parking lots are always dark.
"It scares me to death that I could be the next one.''
Copyright © 2000, The Columbus Dispatch
http://www.dispatch.com/news/newsfea00/jun00/332277.html
Mom of 2 killed delivering pizzas in Washington C.H.
Friday, June 30, 2000
Bob Dreitzler
Dispatch Staff Reporter
WASHINGTON C.H., Ohio -- Grief and rage consumed Richard Cordell yesterday as he stood behind a police barricade and wondered what investigators were doing in the middle-school parking lot where his daughter's body lay.
"I think she was probably robbed,'' said Cordell of the South Side of Columbus. He is the father of 31-year-old Precious Canter, a mother of two who was killed early yesterday as she delivered pizzas for a local restaurant.
"What do they carry? Maybe $20?'' Cordell said. "I think she got killed over 20 damned dollars.''
It's the first homicide in at least eight years for Washington Court House, a city of 13,500 people about 40 miles southwest of Columbus, Police Chief Larry Mongold said.
Police found Canter's body about 3 a.m. yesterday in weeds near the parking lot at Washington Middle School.
Mongold said employees at the Pizza-N- Motion restaurant notified police about 1 a.m. that their co-worker had failed to return from a delivery run.
An officer on patrol found her car in an alley behind the parking lot.
Her body was on the ground near the car, the chief said.
Mongold said he would not speculate on whether Canter had been robbed.
Fayette County Coroner Ralph Gebhart said a preliminary examination indicates Canter died of massive head injuries. No weapon was found at the scene, he said.
An autopsy will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death and to establish whether she was raped, Gebhart said.
Canter, who is 4 feet 11 inches tall and weighed about 90 pounds, was found with her shorts around her ankles and her blouse pulled over her head, Gebhart said.
Police had no suspects yesterday, Mongold said.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification was asked to help collect and analyze evidence, he said.
Canter's last pizza delivery had been in the N. Fayette Street area a few blocks from where she was found, Mongold said.
The area is a residential neighborhood about five blocks from the police station.
Cordell said police appeared to be doing a thorough job, but he earlier had expressed impatience that his daughter's body was still at the scene at 12:30 p.m., more than nine hours after it was discovered.
"They haven't let the family know anything,'' he said.
Other relatives said Canter worked four days a week at the restaurant, which was closed yesterday because of the death.
Canter was part of a tight-knit family that includes three households that live on Broadway Street, several blocks from the restaurant.
"She was a very good mother, a good housekeeper and a devoted wife,'' said Simon Canter, her father-in-law, who lives directly across the street from Canter; her husband, Ronnie; and their two children, a boy, 11, and a girl, 3.
Canter's twin sister, Shelly, also lives a few doors away.
Canter and her husband would have celebrated their fourth wedding anniversary next week, Simon Canter said.
A counselor from the Fayette County victim-assistance program was meeting with family members yesterday afternoon.
Jennifer Patterson, a Washington C.H. resident who sometimes had pizzas delivered by Canter, said the killing frightens her.
"I work in two restaurants, and I have three young children,'' she said. "When I get off late at night, the parking lots are always dark.
"It scares me to death that I could be the next one.''
Copyright © 2000, The Columbus Dispatch
