Pamela Dick
Medina County prosecutor seeks death penalty for man accused of killing wife, mother-in-law
By Adam Ferrise
cleveland.com
MEDINA, Ohio — Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for a man accused of killing his wife and mother-in-law with his 17-year-old son inside the house.
A Medina County grand jury on Tuesday indicted Robert Dick, 52, on charges of aggravated murder, three counts of kidnapping and lesser offenses. He will be arraigned on Monday in Medina County Common Pleas Court.
Dick is being held in the Medina County Jail on $5 million bond. He is accused of killing Pamela Dick, 46, and her mother, Lillian Cox, 84.
Medina County Prosecutor Forrest Thompson’s Office is pursuing the death penalty because Robert Dick killed or attempted to kill more than one person, according to court records.
Investigators have not released a motive for the slayings.
The shooting happened about 4:30 p.m. Thursday at their home on Lafayette Road near Baxter Street. Dick’s 17-year-old son called 911 and reported that his father shot his stepmother.
The teen told dispatchers that he went downstairs and found Robert Dick sitting in a chair weeping. Robert Dick, a welder by trade, told his son he had shot the boy’s stepmother and that he was going to kill his grandmother.
Robert Dick got out of the chair, shot Cox and chased his son out of the house. The teen grabbed his phone, ran and called 911 while hiding.
Robert Dick became the subject of a seven-hour manhunt that took police to neighboring Wayne County.
Robert Dick ditched his car near a Dollar General in West Salem and a Good Samaritan, with two children inside his car, offered to give him a ride. Robert Dick got in the man’s car threatened him with a gun, prosecutors said.
The man refused to give him a ride, and reported the incident to police.
Dick got out of the car and ran into a wooded area off Rainbow Highway in West Salem, police said. A camper reported seeing Robert Dick hiding in the woods and police arrested him. He had a gun with him during the arrest, police said.
Robert Dick has two prior domestic violence convictions against a former girlfriend, once in 2005 and once in 2015. In both cases, he attacked the woman and threatened to kill her in front of his son, according to police reports.
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