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Irresistible impulse motive in Ohio Penitentiary case
John "Red" Downing, 45, recently pardoned former Hamilton County convict, confessed the murder of Mrs Marie Bonzo, wife of Daniel J. Bonzo, chief record clerk at Ohio Penitentiary. He described beating her and striking with a steering wheel and bottle in the basement. he was to face first degree murder charges. The autopsy cited a fractured skull. The Bonzos' children found her, with Downing later captured.
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