In a bizarre twist of events, the family of a slain mother has asked prosecutors to reject a plea deal from the man accused of her death who represented himself but has since abandoned any legal defense. Jeffrey J. Conrad appeared in Summit County Judge Paul Gallagher’s courtroom Thursday morning. He stands accused of stabbing Amanda Russell dozens of times in the neck and torso. Russell’s daughter, who later took the stand, found her mother’s bloody body face down in the backyard of the family’s Cuyahoga Falls home on Aug. 28, 2014. Conrad was unnerved but stayed calm despite authorities at the Summit County jail informing the court that Conrad had told fellow...
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