October 29, 2024 • 9 mins
Day 29 of the Crimetober Series is about the murder of Tina Marie Harmon, which occurred on October 29, 1981.
Sources
https://popculturecrime.medium.com/today-in-true-crime-history-october-29-8563274bcf05
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tina_Harmon
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7366324/tina_marie-harmon
Renner, James (December 30, 2008). "Ghosts Of Wayne County Doubts Haunt An Old Murder And The Execution That Followed". Cleveland Scene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Krista_Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anthony_Buell
Sources
https://popculturecrime.medium.com/today-in-true-crime-history-october-29-8563274bcf05
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Tina_Harmon
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7366324/tina_marie-harmon
Renner, James (December 30, 2008). "Ghosts Of Wayne County Doubts Haunt An Old Murder And The Execution That Followed". Cleveland Scene.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Krista_Harrison
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Anthony_Buell
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Speaker 1 (00:19):
Act to nature versus narcissism. As always, I'm your host, Heather,
and today I'm rolling solo.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Many of our.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Longtime listeners know that each Spooky season we like to
throw a bit of a curve ball and share a
series with you that doesn't quite follow the main Feed format,
and this year is no different. This year, we're aiming
to bring you at least one main Feed episode per
day in October, plus some Patreon episodes sprinkled throughout, even
if that means you're receiving them late because life is
hectic and unpredictable and things happen, but at least you'll
(00:48):
get an episode four each day of October. Because this
year we're bringing you a story about a crime that
occurred on or has a connection to, each day in October,
and today we're talking about October twenty ninth, So why
don't we get started. In today's episode, I want to
first discuss the murder of ten year old Tina Marie
Harmon from Ohio. Before getting into the case, I want
(01:10):
to provide you a disclaimer. This case involves very disturbing
details regarding a child. There's torture, sexual assault, and murder.
Please be aware of triggers and take care of you.
If you need to bow out and not listen to
this episode, I would completely understand. For those who are
still here, I will leave it out as much detail
(01:31):
as possible to still give you the story. Tina Marie
Harmon was born on June ninth of nineteen sixty nine
in Creston, Ohio, to parents James D. Harmon and Lucille
Irene Bigley Gibson. She had one sister, Janet Sue Harmon.
She is buried in Maple Mound Cemetery located in Krestin, Ohio.
(01:51):
But what happened to Tina? Tina was walking home from
the grocery store on October twenty ninth, nineteen eighty one
when she was kidnapped. Her body wasn't found for several
days and was located near an oil well.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Site in Navar, Ohio. Reports indicate that she was last
seen with a man in his twenties after her father's
girlfriend had dropped her off in Loady, Ohio or load I, Ohio.
So how was her body found five days later in Navar,
which is about forty five miles away from Lodi. When
her body was discovered, investigators found nutmeg colored carpet fibers
(02:28):
and dog hair on her clothing. This sweet little.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Girl had been abducted, raped, and then murdered, and investigators
believed that the perpetrator was actually a set of perpetrators,
Ernest Holbrook Junior and Herman Ray Rucker, who were both
arrested in nineteen eighty two for the brutal Slang. Both
were convicted of the rape and murder initially, but according
to James Renner in a Cleveland Scene article from December
(02:54):
of two thousand and eight, after complications with the witness's testimonies,
one of them were canted. Rucker was then given a
new trial and eventually released in nineteen eighty three, so
was Ernest Holbrook Junior the sole perpetrator.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Not quite.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
In nineteen eighty four, a man named Robert Anthony Buell
was convicted of the nineteen.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Eighty two murder of Krysta Lee Harrison. This was another
Ohio murder which occurred on July seventeenth, nineteen eighty two,
in Marshallville, Ohio, which is about twenty miles from Navar, Ohio,
where Tina's body was discovered. Kristin was eleven years old
and picking up aluminum cans in the Marshville Park area
with one of her friends. This park was only about
(03:38):
one hundred yards from her house, so not very far,
and I'm sure she felt safe at a public park
with her friend, but a man who was reportedly between
twenty five and thirty five years old, pulled up in
a van and forced her into it and then drove away.
Volunteers immediately began searching for her, and it was suspected
that she was taken for ransom, but nobody had been contacted.
(04:03):
Six days after she had been kidnapped, her remains were
discovered in the weeds next to very desolate road in
Holmes County. Reports indicated that her remains were found in
an advanced stage of decomposition and she had been strangled
as well as sexually assaulted with an adult sex toy,
and a large plastic bag had been wrapped around her legs.
(04:24):
Her body was unable to be identified due to the
extent of the injuries and stage of decomp until her
father made a positive identification. Near the dump site, police
found a Budweiser towel, a bloody car seat box, a
wad of Harrison's hair, gloves and a plaid shirt and jeans.
During the autopsy, it was discovered that her body had
been subjected to high temperatures, which they determined were most
(04:48):
likely due to her body remaining inside of a vehicle
for a long time during the summer weather. During the investigation,
police discovered nutmeg or orange colored polyester fibers which were
found on Harrison's body as well as on the towel
that was found near the dump site per the same
James Renner article I mentioned before. After examining them under
(05:09):
a microscope, investigators concluded that they were most likely from
the same type of carpet. Similar fibers have been found
on the body of Tina Harman, a twelve year old
girl who was raped and murdered eight months earlier. A
man had already been convicted on circumstantial evidence in her
death and was incarcerated when Harrison was abducted. Authorities then
(05:31):
began to consider that both girls were victims of the
same person, as they were both sexually violated, strangled, and
killed in the same county. The similar fibers on their
remains further linked to crimes. After Harrison's body was found,
there was a ten thousand dollars reward placed for information
about the kidnapper. He wasn't arrested until nineteen eighty three,
(05:52):
and his name was Robert Anthony Buell and he was
a forty three year old man who.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Was employed by the State of Ohio. He was a
planning department worker from Akron, Ohio, originally born in Norwood, Ohio,
which is about thirty miles from where I currently reside Yikes.
In nineteen eighty three, Boll was pushing his luck and
kidnapped a twenty eight year old woman who was working
as a manager at a gas station in Damascus, Ohio.
(06:20):
Her head was shaved, she was shocked with a severed
electrical cord, beaten, and was bound to Buell's bed as
he raped her. Luckily, she was able to escape about
twelve hours later and ran to a nearby house where
she called police.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
One bull left for work. Police then compared the orange
carpet fibers to those found on Harrison's body, as they
were the same color. It was later concluded that the
fibers on Harrison's body and the carpet in the van
were likely a match. Also, paint found on the jeans
near the dump site matched that on the outside of
Well's residence, and the jeans themselves actually matched other pairs
(06:55):
that he owned and was known to wear. Boell pleaded
no contest to the of dae duction and rape of
the adult victim, but denied any involvement with Harrison's murder.
He was found guilty after being tried and sentenced to
death in nineteen eighty four. He was executed by lethal
injection on September twenty five, two thousand and two, at
the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasfvil, Ohio. His final
(07:17):
words were quote Jerry and Shirley, I didn't kill your daughter.
The prosecutor knows that. And they left the real killer
out there on the streets to kill again and again
and again end quote. He denied involvement and was never
charged with the death of Tina Harmon, although dog hares
belonging to the remains of one found buried at his
residence matched. In twenty ten, DNA from the crime scene
(07:40):
of Tina's murder was compared to Bwells and found to
be a match, therefore indicating that he was involved in
her rape and most likely her murder. Another victim who
was murdered in nineteen eighty three, Deborah K. Smith, ten,
had wax on her body that was from the same
kind of candles that Buell owned. Her body was found
over a month after her death, abandoned at the side
(08:02):
of Tuscawaras River. A former journalist for the Cleveland Scene magazine,
James Renner, who I've mentioned a couple of times now,
has written in several of his works that Boyle's nephew,
Ralph Ross Junior, may have played a role in the murders,
if not having been fully responsible. He has also connected
the cases to that of unsolved murders of thirteen year
(08:23):
old Barbara Barnes and ten year old Amy Mahakobek or
fibers on the latter victim's body were found. So basically,
we have another Ohio serial killer on our hands. But
that's all I have for today's episode. If you have
any additional information on any of these cases, please feel
free to reach out to me at Nature Versus narcissismat
(08:44):
gmail dot com. I know I didn't really go in depth,
but I would like to in order to give the
voice to the victims and share more about them, so
if you have any information, please share that with us.
But until next time, stay inside, stay alive, and don't
call the cops, but actually do, please do call the
(09:04):
damn cops and get these sickos out of society. By E.
Act to nature versus narcissism. As always, I'm your host, Heather,
and today I'm rolling solo.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Many of our.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Longtime listeners know that each Spooky season we like to
throw a bit of a curve ball and share a
series with you that doesn't quite follow the main Feed format,
and this year is no different. This year, we're aiming
to bring you at least one main Feed episode per
day in October, plus some Patreon episodes sprinkled throughout, even
if that means you're receiving them late because life is
hectic and unpredictable and things happen, but at least you'll
(00:48):
get an episode four each day of October. Because this
year we're bringing you a story about a crime that
occurred on or has a connection to, each day in October,
and today we're talking about October twenty ninth, So why
don't we get started. In today's episode, I want to
first discuss the murder of ten year old Tina Marie
Harmon from Ohio. Before getting into the case, I want
(01:10):
to provide you a disclaimer. This case involves very disturbing
details regarding a child. There's torture, sexual assault, and murder.
Please be aware of triggers and take care of you.
If you need to bow out and not listen to
this episode, I would completely understand. For those who are
still here, I will leave it out as much detail
(01:31):
as possible to still give you the story. Tina Marie
Harmon was born on June ninth of nineteen sixty nine
in Creston, Ohio, to parents James D. Harmon and Lucille
Irene Bigley Gibson. She had one sister, Janet Sue Harmon.
She is buried in Maple Mound Cemetery located in Krestin, Ohio.
(01:51):
But what happened to Tina? Tina was walking home from
the grocery store on October twenty ninth, nineteen eighty one
when she was kidnapped. Her body wasn't found for several
days and was located near an oil well.
Speaker 2 (02:04):
Site in Navar, Ohio. Reports indicate that she was last
seen with a man in his twenties after her father's
girlfriend had dropped her off in Loady, Ohio or load I, Ohio.
So how was her body found five days later in Navar,
which is about forty five miles away from Lodi. When
her body was discovered, investigators found nutmeg colored carpet fibers
(02:28):
and dog hair on her clothing. This sweet little.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Girl had been abducted, raped, and then murdered, and investigators
believed that the perpetrator was actually a set of perpetrators,
Ernest Holbrook Junior and Herman Ray Rucker, who were both
arrested in nineteen eighty two for the brutal Slang. Both
were convicted of the rape and murder initially, but according
to James Renner in a Cleveland Scene article from December
(02:54):
of two thousand and eight, after complications with the witness's testimonies,
one of them were canted. Rucker was then given a
new trial and eventually released in nineteen eighty three, so
was Ernest Holbrook Junior the sole perpetrator.
Speaker 2 (03:09):
Not quite.
Speaker 1 (03:10):
In nineteen eighty four, a man named Robert Anthony Buell
was convicted of the nineteen.
Speaker 2 (03:15):
Eighty two murder of Krysta Lee Harrison. This was another
Ohio murder which occurred on July seventeenth, nineteen eighty two,
in Marshallville, Ohio, which is about twenty miles from Navar, Ohio,
where Tina's body was discovered. Kristin was eleven years old
and picking up aluminum cans in the Marshville Park area
with one of her friends. This park was only about
(03:38):
one hundred yards from her house, so not very far,
and I'm sure she felt safe at a public park
with her friend, but a man who was reportedly between
twenty five and thirty five years old, pulled up in
a van and forced her into it and then drove away.
Volunteers immediately began searching for her, and it was suspected
that she was taken for ransom, but nobody had been contacted.
(04:03):
Six days after she had been kidnapped, her remains were
discovered in the weeds next to very desolate road in
Holmes County. Reports indicated that her remains were found in
an advanced stage of decomposition and she had been strangled
as well as sexually assaulted with an adult sex toy,
and a large plastic bag had been wrapped around her legs.
(04:24):
Her body was unable to be identified due to the
extent of the injuries and stage of decomp until her
father made a positive identification. Near the dump site, police
found a Budweiser towel, a bloody car seat box, a
wad of Harrison's hair, gloves and a plaid shirt and jeans.
During the autopsy, it was discovered that her body had
been subjected to high temperatures, which they determined were most
(04:48):
likely due to her body remaining inside of a vehicle
for a long time during the summer weather. During the investigation,
police discovered nutmeg or orange colored polyester fibers which were
found on Harrison's body as well as on the towel
that was found near the dump site per the same
James Renner article I mentioned before. After examining them under
(05:09):
a microscope, investigators concluded that they were most likely from
the same type of carpet. Similar fibers have been found
on the body of Tina Harman, a twelve year old
girl who was raped and murdered eight months earlier. A
man had already been convicted on circumstantial evidence in her
death and was incarcerated when Harrison was abducted. Authorities then
(05:31):
began to consider that both girls were victims of the
same person, as they were both sexually violated, strangled, and
killed in the same county. The similar fibers on their
remains further linked to crimes. After Harrison's body was found,
there was a ten thousand dollars reward placed for information
about the kidnapper. He wasn't arrested until nineteen eighty three,
(05:52):
and his name was Robert Anthony Buell and he was
a forty three year old man who.
Speaker 1 (05:58):
Was employed by the State of Ohio. He was a
planning department worker from Akron, Ohio, originally born in Norwood, Ohio,
which is about thirty miles from where I currently reside Yikes.
In nineteen eighty three, Boll was pushing his luck and
kidnapped a twenty eight year old woman who was working
as a manager at a gas station in Damascus, Ohio.
(06:20):
Her head was shaved, she was shocked with a severed
electrical cord, beaten, and was bound to Buell's bed as
he raped her. Luckily, she was able to escape about
twelve hours later and ran to a nearby house where
she called police.
Speaker 2 (06:33):
One bull left for work. Police then compared the orange
carpet fibers to those found on Harrison's body, as they
were the same color. It was later concluded that the
fibers on Harrison's body and the carpet in the van
were likely a match. Also, paint found on the jeans
near the dump site matched that on the outside of
Well's residence, and the jeans themselves actually matched other pairs
(06:55):
that he owned and was known to wear. Boell pleaded
no contest to the of dae duction and rape of
the adult victim, but denied any involvement with Harrison's murder.
He was found guilty after being tried and sentenced to
death in nineteen eighty four. He was executed by lethal
injection on September twenty five, two thousand and two, at
the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasfvil, Ohio. His final
(07:17):
words were quote Jerry and Shirley, I didn't kill your daughter.
The prosecutor knows that. And they left the real killer
out there on the streets to kill again and again
and again end quote. He denied involvement and was never
charged with the death of Tina Harmon, although dog hares
belonging to the remains of one found buried at his
residence matched. In twenty ten, DNA from the crime scene
(07:40):
of Tina's murder was compared to Bwells and found to
be a match, therefore indicating that he was involved in
her rape and most likely her murder. Another victim who
was murdered in nineteen eighty three, Deborah K. Smith, ten,
had wax on her body that was from the same
kind of candles that Buell owned. Her body was found
over a month after her death, abandoned at the side
(08:02):
of Tuscawaras River. A former journalist for the Cleveland Scene magazine,
James Renner, who I've mentioned a couple of times now,
has written in several of his works that Boyle's nephew,
Ralph Ross Junior, may have played a role in the murders,
if not having been fully responsible. He has also connected
the cases to that of unsolved murders of thirteen year
(08:23):
old Barbara Barnes and ten year old Amy Mahakobek or
fibers on the latter victim's body were found. So basically,
we have another Ohio serial killer on our hands. But
that's all I have for today's episode. If you have
any additional information on any of these cases, please feel
free to reach out to me at Nature Versus narcissismat
(08:44):
gmail dot com. I know I didn't really go in depth,
but I would like to in order to give the
voice to the victims and share more about them, so
if you have any information, please share that with us.
But until next time, stay inside, stay alive, and don't
call the cops, but actually do, please do call the
(09:04):
damn cops and get these sickos out of society. By E.
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