Coroner: Body found in septic tank was ex-convict | The Columbus Dispatch

[Dan Gleesack]

"John Stidham, 46, is currently at the Knox County jail awaiting trial on 26 counts, including complicity in the commission of aggravated theft that involves the theft of more than $400,000 from Tracy and Mills Surveyors of Mount Vernon.

Stidham's ex-wife, Cami Stidham, 36, faces a grand-theft charge alleging theft from Tracy and Mills Surveyors, her employer, between June and November 2010. She is free on a $15,000 bond and is scheduled to go to trial on July 26."

And now they've got a dead guy in their septic tank?
It must suck to be them.

[ross]

well that is saving us taxpayers money,wont have to keep him in prison or have to execute him,someone did society a big favor

[Blossom]

Barrack wrote:

Appropriate end? Just when he was getting things together.....

"Staats was a fugitive and a felon when he disappeared..." Where are you picking up any clue that "he was getting things together"? Having read the article three times looking for where you obtained your conclusion and finding none, I am baffled by your remark. Sounds to me like a person who lived by the sword, died by the sword. No doubt, the killer(s) were also criminals.

[Thank you]

to whoever threw out this piece of sh*t...and they even threw him in the right place where he belonged.

[Joe]

Citizen wrote:

You know Mt. Vernon used to be a quiet little country town and now I wouldn't go there if you paid me. They have too many killings, felony thefts for such a small place.

Don't judge all of Knox County and the area by all the events that have happened here in the last year --- no worse than me judging Westerville or any other city!@!!!

But I assume Westerville must be free from crime????

[Sterling Silver]

Did they thoroughly search that tank? It's possible Jimmy Hoffa's in there too!

[Chucker Spear]

At first they thought it was a 6 foot turd...turned out it was only a black guy.

[Luka Brazzi]

"fitting"

[quiet riot]

Something sound fishy about this murder.BY the way according to an earlier dispatch story he was an ex convict,so which is it.I would say they probably help murder him or murder him.

[blh]

what a crappy way to die hahahahahahahaha or maybe just didnt give a crap or hey how about this his life went straight down the crapper hahahahahahaha im a funny and wild guy.

[blh]

Citizen wrote:

You know Mt. Vernon used to be a quiet little country town and now I wouldn't go there if you paid me. They have too many killings, felony thefts for such a small place.

when was the last time mt.vernon had a murder? your an idiot,as well as other people that agree with you,do the typical white person thing and go hang out with your lame loser kids down at scioto mile,and dont forget to set your car alarm before doing so.

[blh]

Joe wrote:

<quoted text>
Don't judge all of Knox County and the area by all the events that have happened here in the last year --- no worse than me judging Westerville or any other city!@!!!
But I assume Westerville must be free from crime????

wasnt those 2 little boys killed by there father last year or early this year in westerville,but dont mention that that type of stuff dont happen there,idiotic people like make me sick.

[Somewhere]

The man that was found dead was in deep do-do, both in life and in death.

[Gabe Gerken]

I foresee a rash of incidences using septic tanks to dispose of bodies

[mike]

Now,that's capital punishment.

RIP.

[Big Johnson]

At least he died doing what he loved.

[Tin Foil Hat]

blh wrote:

<quoted text>when was the last time mt.vernon had a murder?

Mount Vernon and Knox County? Are you seriously asking this?

Do an internet search as to the activities of one Matthew Hoffman during November, 2010. There's another unsolved murder from late 2009 - Jean Davis was shot to death on a Sunday morning as someone stole her vehicle and she caught them on her way to church. She lived just a few miles from the Stidhams.

And, due to a technicality, a chase that started in Licking County on July 1 ended in a murder/attempted murder in Knox County.

[Tenor 1]

Tin Foil Hat wrote:

<quoted text>
Mount Vernon and Knox County? Are you seriously asking this?
Do an internet search as to the activities of one Matthew Hoffman during November, 2010. There's another unsolved murder from late 2009 - Jean Davis was shot to death on a Sunday morning as someone stole her vehicle and she caught them on her way to church. She lived just a few miles from the Stidhams.
And, due to a technicality, a chase that started in Licking County on July 1 ended in a murder/attempted murder in Knox County.

Which would indicate that these things can happen anywhere... small towns, rural settings and big urban areas alike. Knox Co. has had it's share in the past year or so and I'm sure all the residents hope that life can return to "normal" soon! Would be interesting to see the murder rate per capita of some of these places; I'll bet Knox Co. still comes out rated as a pretty safe.