Was It Arson/Murder?

[Towntalk]

UPDATE

http://wkbn.com/2015/04/09/rape-suspect-charged-with-bribery/

[iwasthere]

MATT HORN, WKBN NEWSEY: 'WHINE, WHINE, BAWL. BOOHOO, THOSE MEAN PEOPLE WOULDN'T ALLOW OUR CAMERA'S IN TO THE FIRE VICTIM'S FUNERAL. OH WOE IS ME, POOR PITYFUL ME! THOSE MEAN PEOPLE ARE VIOLATING MY RIGHT TO POKE MY NOSE INTO THEIR GRIEF!'

WHAT A ......HOLE

[Peggy Gurney]

I asked a member of the media this a few days ago. He said no, to his knowledge, a media blackout was never asked for.

[AllanY2525]

I agree, Towntalk.....just seems like we don't have the calibre of journalists
that we used to....and sensationalism seems to be the overriding force behind
the motives of the media in so many cases nowadays.

[Towntalk]

Unfortunately many in the media have the idea that they are gods and when they bark out their orders, the peons (police, judges) are expected to tremble with fear. The expression "they did not IMMEDIATELY respond" demonstrates their feeling of self importance.

[AllanY2525]

Does anyone know if the authorities asked any of the media for a news
blackout before all this happened?

Just curious.......I have read about cases where authorities have asked
for (and actually gotten) this type of cooperation until the investigation of a
crime was completed.......the public's right to know [every single detail
in real time] of the investigation should be outweighed by the police
authorities' need to be expedient in their investigation, the family's right
to be left alone in their time of grief, and the accused person's right to
a fair trial by an impartial jury.

[Towntalk]

WKBN claimed that they were given the information "exclusively" as if they were the only station that was told about the burns.

http://wkbn.com/2015/04/02/agents-search-green-township-home-of-rape-suspect/

[Peggy Gurney]

I think that Capt. Blackburn is absolutely right about all the coverage of this story day after day after day on WKBN/WYTV. The media needs to give it a break, and let the police do their job. It's going to be hard for the man to get a fair trial in Mahoning County.

Why he singled out WKBN/WYTV is odd though.  It's been on WFMJ and in the Vindicator every day as well.

[Towntalk]

MATT HORN, WKBN NEWSEY: 'WHINE, WHINE, BAWL. BOOHOO, THOSE MEAN PEOPLE WOULDN'T ALLOW OUR CAMERA'S IN TO THE FIRE VICTIM'S FUNERAL. OH WOE IS ME, POOR PITYFUL ME! THOSE MEAN PEOPLE ARE VIOLATING MY RIGHT TO POKE MY NOSE INTO THEIR GRIEF!'

[Towntalk]

I think that Capt. Blackburn is absolutely right about all the coverage of this story day after day after day on WKBN/WYTV. The media needs to give it a break, and let the police do their job. It's going to be hard for the man to get a fair trial in Mahoning County.

[Peggy Gurney]

I'm fairly certain that this man killed these people so the child could not testify against him.
I'm also fairly certain that his girlfriend - the child's own mother - covered up his burns with her makeup.  Unless he keeps makeup at his house for himself.   

[Towntalk]

Law enforcement agencies are furious about the amount of publicity the news media especially WKBN - WYTV have been giving this story, and have clamped down hard on all new information that they will give.

One of the investigators — Capt. Brad Blackburn, city police chief of detectives — even issued a statement saying that leaked details to the media of the investigation into the Monday fire that killed 10-year-old Corinne Gump and her grandparents William and Judith Schmidt are "hindering the investigation," as well as upsetting the family. - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/apr/04/officials-tight-lipped-on-probe-into-fat/#sthash.GqoPdPv6.dpuf

Blackburn said he cannot comment because of the ongoing investigation but added if he found out who leaked the information to the media, "I will have plenty to say." - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/2015/apr/04/officials-tight-lipped-on-probe-into-fat/#sthash.GqoPdPv6.dpuf

From WKBN-27
At this point, police said they will not comment any further on the Seman case, calling it an ongoing, active investigation. In fact, Youngstown Police Detective Capt. Brad Blackburn sent a statement Friday saying a report by WKBN on Thursday night about Seman's burns "is becoming a hindrance to the investigation and is causing a great deal of stress to the victims' family, who've already suffered more than I can fathom."

[AllanY2525]

CRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEPYYYY

[Towntalk]

BREAKING NEWS

http://www.ncnewsonline.com/news/update-man-jailed-in-woman-s-death/article_fb9390a0-725f-11e4-8bc2-072b73c40265.html

[Towntalk]

WKBN Video
http://wkbn.com/2015/04/02/agents-search-green-township-home-of-rape-suspect/