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Vanished in the 1950s: What happened to Clara Frost?
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Three cold cases from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s are now connected in a surprising way.
Wednesday, we first told you how the search for Mary Jane Vangilder, a missing woman in Richland County, led to the identification of a man named Albert Frost in southwest Ohio.
You can watch those stories here.
Albert & Clara Frost
Albert went missing in the early 1960s.
His unidentified skeletal remains were buried in a cemetery in Preble County for more than 50 years.
Det. Adam Turner with Shelby Police discovered his remains when he was searching for a possible match to Mary Jane Vangilder, who went missing in 1945.
After exhuming his body, he worked with Moxxy Forensics to identify his remains using Investigative Genetic Genealogy (IGG).
They found Albert’s closest DNA relative was his great niece, Tina Barrett.
When the detective reached out to her, he unlocked another mystery.
“Initially, I thought they were talking about my great aunt Clara because until that moment, I did not know that Albert existed. No one talked about it,” Barrett said.
It turns out, there were two missing siblings in the same family.
“But Albert was just presumed to have taken off, and then just not spoken about. You know, that puzzles me to this day, because they did ask about Clara and although Albert had a history of just being gone for a while, he also had a history of always coming back. And no one ever talked about it,” Barrett said.
Clara Frost was Albert’s older sister.
She went by the nickname Inez and was in her early 20s when she went missing about a decade before he did.
The young mother vanished from Cleveland in the 1950s.
The only photo of her the detective could find was from her 10th grade yearbook.
“We searched through ancestry and public databases. And there was very little information about her,” Det. Turner said.
Several family members told Det. Turner that Clara’s mother “sold” her to a man who later became her husband.
They had two kids together, who were just a baby and a toddler when she vanished.
Clara’s disappearance
Clara’s family thought her disappearance was suspicious.
They told police her husband had been physically abusive to her.
“And no one knew where she was. And I think it was presumed that she was living somewhere else by some people. Others were pretty sure that her husband had killed her,” Barrett said.
Clara’s last known existence shows up in the 1950 census, in Cleveland.
Det. Turner believes she went missing not long after that.
Records show Clara’s husband remarried.
“By about 1952 he had remarried and moved the children to Pennsylvania,” he said.
Det. Turner said based on information from her family, Clara’s husband, who passed away decades ago is now a suspect in this case.
At the time, Clara’s husband told police she had just ran off.
“It was inconsistent with who she was to get up and leave,” Barrett said.
“My family didn’t squeak enough, didn’t complain enough. Maybe they were also afraid of this man. I don’t know. I didn’t meet him. But not enough was done to make sure that her children knew what happened to her,” she said.
Three cold cases connected
He started with one cold case, but now Det. Turner is working on three.
And he’s not giving up on the cases of Albert and Clara Frost, even though they’re not out of his city.
He is volunteering his own time to work on those cases.
“It’s gonna remain open, you know, until it’s solved until it’s completely done,” he said.
“It’s it’s important because I feel like they’ve essentially like fallen through the cracks, you know, these are people that you know with time and with circumstances, you know, unfortunately kind of been forgotten. And I you know, I wouldn’t want that to happen to me,” Det. Turner said.
Clara’s two children have passed away, but her grandchildren are still waiting for answers.
Right now Clara and Albert’s cases are both being investigated as possible murders.
Meanwhile the family of Mary Jane Vangilder, the missing woman from Shelby who started this all, is still waiting for answers.
We’re told an update in her case will be coming next week, we’ll keep you posted.
If you have any information on any of these cases, call Shelby Police at 419-347-2242 or email Det. Turner at adamturner@shelbycity.oh.gov.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Three people were seriously injured after a car crash on I-90 at Eddy Road early Sunday morning, according to Cleveland EMS.
EMS told 19 News that paramedics responded to the I-90 West and Eddy Road for a car crash.
Paramedics took a man in his 60s in serious condition to Metro Health, a man in his 30s and a woman in her 20s, both in serious condition, to University Hospital.
19 News has reached out to Cleveland Police for more details about the crash.
This is a developing story. Return to 19 News for more details.
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A well-balanced effort and a huge second half from the Cleveland Cavaliers stars allowed them to dominate the Toronto Raptors 126-113 for the first playoff win of the year.
Here are the winners and losers of the first playoff game of the year for Cleveland.
Winners
Max Strus
Oh, did Max Strus miss over 65 games this year while dealing with injury he sustained in the offseason? You would have never noticed based on how he played in game one.
He was the difference maker off the bench in 24 minutes. He scored 24 points on 80% shooting. He was the clutch man at the end of the first half with four points in 30 seconds, then took over in the third by scoring eight straight.
Kenny Atkinson made a strong push to get Strus back in the rotation before playoffs and it’s showing why. He’ll be the X-factor all postseason long.
Cleveland’s starting bigs
The Cavaliers started the game looking to get Jarrett Allen touches inside the paint on the first four possessions of the game. He set the tone early by playing bully ball, throwing down a few hard dunks and showing Cleveland wanted to win the paint.
Allen cooled off but what he did early opened up the lanes for James Harden to drive in and create open shots on the perimeter. Then as Toronto tried to take that away, Evan Mobley took over in the paint.
Cleveland can win this series in the paint as the Raptors don’t have enough size to keep pace with this brand of basketball. Harden can unlock a new layer from bigs, it showed it the regular season and it’s showing now.
Mobley finished with 17 points and seven rebounds and Allen had 10 with seven boards.
The James Harden trade
Plenty of people doubted how effective Harden would be in the playoffs. He hasn’t had much success since he was a bench player for the Thunder.
This game was peak Harden. He got to be the playmaker instead of the scorer and it opened Cleveland’s offense up. As stated, the big got involved in a big way. The role players were able to find their shots.
He just freezes the game in a unique way. He knows when to throw a lob, when to pass out, when to shoot a floater and when to get creative.
Harden also helped Donovan Mitchell play an efficient game. Mitchell has always been able to score in the postseason, but often has had to sacrifice his efficiency. With Harden around Mitchell will know he is another star who can score when needed, but will focus on getting everyone else involved.
Harden finished with 22 points and 10 assists while Mitchell had 32 points. Meanwhile, the Clippers couldn’t make it out of the play-in and Los Angeles saw some of the frustration with Darius Garland’s inconsistency.
Losers
Jaylon Tyson
Cleveland found a role for 10 guys in this first game which was something they weren’t expected to do in the playoffs. Many expected Dennis Schroder or Keon Ellis to be the odd man out of the rotation.
Instead Tyson looked like someone playing in his first career playoff game, which is exactly what he is. In just 13 minutes he had four fouls. He shot 0/4, only hitting a pair of free throws. He turned the ball over once and really got his defense exposed at times.
Tyson’s role in the rotation could be in serious jeopardy. Ellis and Shroder didn’t have great days either, but both helped keep the offense smooth and played solid enough defense. Tyson should have some more opportunities to prove himself, but the leash gets shorter in the postseason.
Toronto’s guards without Quickley
Without Immanuel Quickley out there, the Cavaliers had a clear mismatch to exploit in the backcourt.
Now RJ Barrett and Jamal Shead still managed to put up some points, Barrett scored 24 and Shead scored 17, but neither got the offense going and neither could stop Mitchell and Harden on defense.
Barrett and Shead combined to dish out just five assists. Most of their passing had to come from the front court. That is a major weakness for Toronto right now.
Things got worse with Ja’Kobe Walter and AJ Lawson. Both guys struggled hard defensively and allowed Cleveland to bully with their stars.
If Quickley is out for the rest of the series, Cleveland will have plenty of chances to end this in four games.
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