138. The Brutal Murder of Celeste Fronsman

 Early on a Sunday morning, a man was driving along Ohio Route 208 when he noticed a woman lying in the middle of the road, As he got closer the woman picked herself up and threw herself at the truck begging for help and screaming that somebody was trying to kill her.

The woman was severely burned and covered in scratches from dragging herself a quarter of a mile through branches and undergrowth. The man got out of his truck, laid her down in the grass, and gave her a blanket to cover her naked body before he placed a call to 911.

 

Join Jen and Cam as we discuss The Brutal Murder of Celeste Fronsman.  This one is pretty gruesome.

***The episode was researched and written by Fern from Evidence Of A Crime.  Thank you Fern for your top-notch work. We appreciate you.***

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Sources

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Articles clipped from Newspapers.com:
Zanesville Times Recorder, August 30th, 2012 – “Now and forever, she was beautiful”
Coshocton Tribune, August 31st, 2012 – “Family recalls life of Canton victim”
Coshocton Tribune, September 9th, 2012 – “Fronsman suspects tell own stories”
Zanesville Times Recorder, September 27th, 2012 – “Canton woman pleads guilty to murder charge”
Zanesville Times Recorder, August 25th, 2013 – “Remembering Celeste Fronsman”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 9th, 2013 – “Specialist: Fronsman couldn’t have survived”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 10th, 2013 – “Culberson: ‘Celeste was afraid of me’”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 11th, 2013 – “Prosecution calls on phone expert to track Dixon’s cell”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 12th, 2013 – “Second co-defendant testifies in Dixon case”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 15th, 2013 – “Man recalls finding Fronsman on road”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 16th, 2013 – “EMT: Victim named 1 attacker”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 17th, 2013 – “Dixon case in jury’s hands”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 18th, 2013 – “Dixon found guilty of murder”
Zanesville Times Recorder, October 23rd, 2013 – “Jury suggests life in prison”
The Journal News, November 5th, 2013 – “Man gets life sentence in slaying of woman”
The Tribune, November 5th, 2013 – “2 of 3 get life in prison for death”