2011 got off on a sour note in Munroe Falls, as a man admitted to police that he killed his sister in an argument.

Lawrence Hanly, 37,  turned himself in on New Year’s Day at about 11 a.m. and told police he strangled 32 year old Shannon Sayre  during an argument.

Police found the woman’s body early Saturday in Hanly’s home, and police were unable to pinpoint an exact time of death immediately.

The unemployed Hanly was charged with murder and thrown into the Summitt County Jail where he has yet to be arraigned. An autopsy for the woman will be performed Monday.

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The body of Akron’s 16th homicide victim has been found, according to local police.

The brutally stabbed and decomposed body was found in the woods around the 1200 block of East Ave. The victim’s brother said he hadn’t heard from Garland D. Dean since Friday.

This latest homicide is yet another slap in the face to Akron, who has seen many of their police officers laid off lately. There have been seven homicides since August, around the same time the police were laid off.

Coincidence…?

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