Friday afternoon, June 20th, 2014 – 3:00 PM
Press Conference – Muskingum County Sheriff’s Department
“Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for coming today on such short notice.” Mel took a deep breath and looked around the tiny conference room. She tried to catch the eye of each person in the room.
“I’m going to give you a statement and then afterward I’ll take as many questions as I can.”
There were nods around the room.
“Over the weekend, a Chicago area woman, Terri Sweeting, was found by a fisherman floating dead in Lake Dillon. The lake and Dillon State Park are under the jurisdiction of the Ohio Highway Patrol so the OSHP was called in to investigate.
Prior to her death, Ms. Sweeting was in touch with my romantic partner Dana Rossi.” Mel again looked directly at the cameras and at t
