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Killer sentenced to life without parole in 2024 attack

CRoark@DominionPost.com After four days of testimony that narrated a brutal killing, chilling obsession and the grief of a family, jurors in Monongalia County Circuit Court delivered their final decision Friday in the case of Jonathan Ramirez.At 10:54 a.m. on Friday, Judge Perri Jo ...

Texas man guilty of murder 

MORGANTOWN — A Monongalia County jury convicted Jonathan Ramirez, 24, of Watauga, Texas, on Thursday of first-degree murder, burglary and grand larceny in the stabbing death of 26-year-old Jacob Patrick Lough.  The verdict, returned after two days of testimony, pushed the trial into ...

Prosecution continues in murder trial

MORGANTOWN — Six witnesses for the prosecution took the stand Wednesday as the state continued building its case against Jonathan Ramirez, the Texas man accused of brutally killing Jacob Patrick Lough in January 2024.The detective, who oversaw the investigation, was the first called to ...

Man found guilty for fatal I-79 crash

MORGANTOWN — A Monongalia County jury has found a Pennsylvania man guilty on all charges in connection with a January 2024 crash on Interstate 79 that killed two Morgantown residents. Thomas H. Horner III, 39, of Bobtown, was convicted Wednesday of two counts of negligent homicide and ...

Trial in 2024 killing begins

MORGANTOWN — Jurors in Monongalia County Circuit Court began Tuesday for the murder trial of a Texas man accused of killing 26-year-old Jacob Patrick Lough in his Morgantown home in January 2024.Prosecutors claim Jonathan Ramirez, of Watauga, disguised as fictional movie killer Michael ...