On January 13, 1991, Roderick Clemons clocked in for his shift at a Church's
Chicken restaurant in Akron, Ohio. The 26-year-old assistant manager was working
hard for a promotion, despite his reservations about the fast food joint's rough
neighborhood. Unfortunately, Roderick never made it home that night. And nearly
30 years later, we still don't know who brutally murdered him.
This week, listen to Murder Sheet interview journalists Stephanie Warsmith and
Paula Schleis about the case. They're the reason we heard about Roderick's case
in the first place — they recently covered the murder in an in-depth article for
the Akron Beacon-Journal
[https://www.beaconjournal.com/in-depth/news/2021/07/01/akron-police-stumped-roderick-clemons-shooting-30-years-later/4764304001/].
Stephanie works as a reporter for the Akron Beacon-Journal. After Paula retired
from the paper, she started the Ohio Mysteries podcast. These two reporters are
currently in the midst of publishing Unresolved, a Beacon-Journal series on
Akron-area cold cases.
Please read their in-depth article on the Clemons case here
[https://www.beaconjournal.com/in-depth/news/2021/07/01/akron-police-stumped-roderick-clemons-shooting-30-years-later/4764304001/].
Follow Stephanie's coverage here
[https://www.beaconjournal.com/staff/5745227002/stephanie-warsmith/]. And listen
to Paula's show Ohio Mysteries here [https://www.ohiomysteries.com/].
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Tue Jul 20 2021
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The Murder Sheet is a weekly true crime podcast hosted by journalist Áine Cain
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and features miniseries on the Burger Chef murders. If you're looking for
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