A jury has found Terry Thompson guilty of murder in the May 2017 chokehold death of John Hernandez outside of a Denny’s located near Crosby. Sentencing phase will begin tomorrow at 9 a.m. Thompson faces up to 99 years or life in prison. Thompson’s first trial in June ended in a mistrial. Hernandez’ family left the courtroom that day […]

Terry Thompson, the Ohio man who authorities say set his exotic animals free just before killing himself, once supplied a lion cub for a photo shoot with supermodel Heidi Klum. “I wrote a letter to Heidi Klum’s people,” said Larry Hostetler, the executive director of the Animal Shelter Society of Muskingum County. “I strongly voiced […]