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Indicted but Never Convicted: The Murder of Antonio Di Simone

AI generated image depicting the victim and suspects walking down the road together in November 1919, 2025. (Source: ImageFX)

In 1919, Italian immigrant Antonio Di Simone was murdered near Dennison, Ohio—two suspects were arrested, but justice never came. I have chosen to use the surname Di Simone as opposed to the others that appear in the historical record. It was the surname under which Antonio Di Simone was buried by his friends and itContinue reading “Indicted but Never Convicted: The Murder of Antonio Di Simone”