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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cars rhythmically pass by in three different directions, whizzing by the triangle of brush and grass where authorities say sex offender Elias Acevedo Sr. led them last week.
A matted brown teddy bear rests in a tumble of branches less than 20 feet from the manhole that entombed Christina Adkins' petite body for more than 18 years, just south of Interstate 90 where several highway routes and ramps intersect.
View full sizeChristina Adkins has been missing since 1995.
That she was found -- her clothes and even an identification card with her mostly intact skeleton – was the longest of long shots.
Authorities had strong instincts about Acevedo but no slam-dunk evidence. So how did they end up with a confession and indictment in not just Adkins' unsolved disappearance, but in a second cold case killing: that of 30-year-old Pamela Pemberton, who was killed just 2 ½ months before the 18-year-old Adkins disappeared?
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said Thursday's charges against Acevedo, 49, were the result of an attitude and drive that all law enforcement should strive for.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cars rhythmically pass by in three different directions, whizzing by the triangle of brush and grass where authorities say sex offender Elias Acevedo Sr. led them last week.
A matted brown teddy bear rests in a tumble of branches less than 20 feet from the manhole that entombed Christina Adkins' petite body for more than 18 years, just south of Interstate 90 where several highway routes and ramps intersect.
That she was found -- her clothes and even an identification card with her mostly intact skeleton – was the longest of long shots.
Authorities had strong instincts about Acevedo but no slam-dunk evidence. So how did they end up with a confession and indictment in not just Adkins' unsolved disappearance, but in a second cold case killing: that of 30-year-old Pamela Pemberton, who was killed just 2 ½ months before the 18-year-old Adkins disappeared?
Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy J. McGinty said Thursday's charges against Acevedo, 49, were the result of an attitude and drive that all law enforcement should strive for.
