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Press release Rand al Dulaimi homicide

Ex-husband indicted in death of KSU Ashtabula student

Valerie Royzman January 10, 2019

The ex-husband of a Kent State Ashtabula student, who was found dead in July, was indicted on murder and other charges.The Ashtabula County Grand Jury indicted Jeffrey Stanley for murder, felonious assault,...

Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi 

Coroner: Death of KSU Ashtabula student ruled a homicide

Valerie Royzman September 17, 2018

The Ashtabula County Coroner’s Office ruled on Thursday a Kent State Ashtabula student whose body was found in Saybrook Township on July 24 was murdered.Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi died from neck compression...

Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi 

Friends, professors remember Rand Al Dulaimi as ‘soft-spoken’ student, loving mother

Valerie Royzman August 3, 2018

On the day police found her body, the dreary clouds faded slowly, and from them emerged a rainbow.Suspicious disappearances and rainbows don’t usually go together. But for the Ashtabula residents and...

Press release from Ashtabula County Sheriff's Office

Kent State student, mother goes missing; Ashtabula authorities continue search

Valerie Royzman July 19, 2018

The last 11 days have felt dim and uncertain for the Kent State and Ashtabula communities—that’s when Rand Hilal Al Dulaimi, a biotechnology major at the Ashtabula campus, went missing.The 23-year-old...

So you come to me for forgiveness again?

Brandon Bounds April 1, 2018

“Son, can you forgive me?”I’ve been asked that same question from my father three times in my life.The first time my father asked me for forgiveness was when I was six or seven years old.I didn’t...

'mother!' movie poster

REVIEW: Jennifer Lawrence thriller ‘mother!’ is gratuitous excuse for shock value

Benjamin VanHoose September 15, 2017

Where to begin with this piece of work?From the mind of “Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky, “mother!” is a thriller sure to divide moviegoers curious enough to buy into its ambiguous ad campaign....