Cleveland, OH
Ohio BCI: Investigation into Cleveland Clinic worker’s murder case ‘active’ 10 years later
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Thursday marks 10 years since a Cleveland Clinic worker on his way to save a life lost his own to a single gunshot.
Who killed Stephen Halton Jr.?
The case may be unsolved, but we learned this is one of BCI’s more active cold cases.
Wednesday, we heard from Stephen’s family.
19 Investigates also spoke to the BCI special agent working his case.
January 11, 2014, Stephen Halton Jr.was on his way to assist an organ transplant team for his job at Cleveland Clinic.
He was waiting at a bus stop near Lakeshore Blvd. & Grovewood Avenue in Cleveland when someone shot and killed him.
Halton was just 30 years old. He was a father, a husband and a son.
“He missed on everything. Everything a person should be able to see and enjoy in their life,” said his mom Sheila Halton.
Special Agent Lindsay Mussell is hard at work trying to solve this case.
“Is a person possibly gonna hurt someone else? That’s never off your mind,” she said.
In the beginning, Cleveland Police said it may have been an attempted robbery gone wrong.
CPD referred the case to BCI’s Cold Case Unit in July 2021 along with two other unsolved homicides. You can read about Aliza Sherman’s case here.
You can learn more about Ryan Dixon’s case here.
“I’m hopeful in this case that with this being the 10-year, that we will get justice for Steven and his family. He deserves nothing less,” Mussell said.
We learned BCI is still processing a lot of physical evidence from Stephen’s case in their Richfield lab.
“The area of canvass revealed that there were witnesses who heard commotion and did hear a gunshot. So information was collected on scene at the time of and then we just kind of pick up where Cleveland has left off,” Mussell said.
And even though this case is now a decade old, there is still hope.
“In a cold case, we see that time can either help or hurt an investigation,” Mussell said.
“But obviously with this case we are hopeful that this is the 10-year anniversary, that not– not too much time has passed to where time is going to be particularly hurtful to this case,” she said.
Special Agent Mussell said this is one of BCI’s more active cases.
But they’re still facing challenges.
She said no suspects been ruled out in Stephen’s case.
BCI agents care about these cases and don’t stop thinking about them when their day is over.
They too are hoping for justice.
“He makes me smile. I can tell you that I never met Stephen. I’ve met his family in their wonderful. He had that smile and I wish I would have seen it because it was just so bright and bold,” she said.
When we asked about the possible attempted robbery, Mussell told us they don’t want to get too narrowly focused on a motive right now.
If you have any information in this case, even if it’s small, she said it may be enough to help solve it.
You can call BCI at 855-BCI-OHIO.
You can also call Crime Stoppers if you’d like to remain anonymous at 216-252-7463.
They’re offering a $20,000 for information that leads to an arrest in this case.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – A massive water main break and a possible sinkhole was reported in Cleveland Monday afternoon.
A 19 News crew is on scene at the intersection of E 130th Street and Buckeye Road for the possible reported sinkhole and a water main break.
According to the Cleveland Division of Water, the break on Buckeye Road is a 10-inch water main and a repair crew is on the way.
The water has been shut off, but the area remains closed due to the debris and for cleanup.
19 News has made call outs to officials for more information.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for updates.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – The body of a missing boy in Lake Erie was found Sunday afternoon, according to the Cleveland Fire Department.
Multiple agencies searched Lake Erie Saturday night and continued searching Sunday morning for a young boy who was reported in the water near the East 55th Street Marina.
The search for the boy had turned into a recovery mission before Metroparks divers discovered the body, Cleveland Fire Chief Mike Norman said.
Cleveland Fire, Metroparks and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources responded to the call, which came in just before 9 p.m. Saturday.
Search efforts
Cleveland Fire said crews responded to a report of a child in the water. A fire boat made multiple passes over the area, shining a light into the water. Two divers were also sent into the lake to search for the child. No body was found.
A helicopter was also spotted flying over the water near the bank, searching with a spotlight.
The Cleveland Fire Department said at 10:15 p.m. Saturday that its crew in the lake would be ending their search soon.
Cleveland fire crews said Sunday that they resumed the search for the missing boy before turning operations over to a recovery mission.
Chief Norman said Metroparks divers are transporting the body and receiving assistance from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.
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ADA I. TAYLOR
OBITUARY
(nee Everhardt), of Middleburg Heights, formerly of Avon Lake, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 3, 2026 at Royal Oak Hospice after a short illness. Ada was born December 30, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA. Beloved wife of the late Terry R. Taylor (2012); loving mother of Elliot E. Taylor; loving ‘pet mom’ of Molly and Kitty; daughter of the late Pendleton B. and Inez (nee Chestnut) Everhardt; sister of the late Joyce Everhardt. Ada was a well-known and respected Real Estate Agent/Broker for 51 years in the Greater Cleveland area. 39 of those years were spent at Howard Hanna. She graduated from West Tech High School and then earned her Bachelor’s degree in education from BGSU before going full time in Real Estate. Ada was an Honors English, History and Journalism teacher at Lorain High School from 1971 ‘ 1975. Also, for a short time in the 80’s she was a lobbyist in Washington, DC for independent business owners. Ada is survived by her son Elliott E. Taylor and cousins David Dieball (Marilyn), Allan Dieball Benjamin Dieball and Donna Bednar (Michael). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to City Dogs Cleveland, 9203 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102. A private Graveside Service will be held at St. Joseph/Elmhurst Cemetery in Avon. Arrangements made by Ripepi Funeral Home (440)888-0800
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