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No Apology Given: The Leo Byers Murder of 1934

AI generated image depicting Leo Byers and George Alesiano sitting in Alesiano's kitchen drinking whisky on the day Leo was killed. Mrs. Byers is seen in the background, 2025.

On a quiet street in Dover, Ohio, a friendship turned fatal one Sunday in 1934. Leo E. Byers (1894-1934) was born in 1894 in Pennsylvania to William E. Byers (1868-1945), who later served as police chief in Dover, Ohio, and Jane Robertson (1869-1907). During his early years, he lived with his family in Westmoreland County,Continue reading “No Apology Given: The Leo Byers Murder of 1934”