NATIONWIDE MANHUNT ENDS Michigan Man Wanted For Murder Found Dead In Tyler County
Reported by: Rachael Tarr
Web Producer: Bethany Simmons
Reported: Jul. 18, 2012 1:41 PM EDT
Updated: Jul. 18, 2012 1:52 PM EDT
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Sistersville, Tyler County
, West Virginia
A nationwide manhunt ends in West Virgina after an Ohio man charged with murdering two women is found dead.
Thomas Fritz, 38, was found dead in a cabin in Sistersville last night, that's in Tyler County.
Michigan State Police say the US Marshals heard a gunshot, then found Fritz.
Fritz is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Amy Merrill and her pregnant 24-year-old sister, Lisa Gritzmaker. He also shot their mother, Robin McCowan, but she survived. Those murders happened last week in Michigan.
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