Lima stabbing death investigated as homicide

10/5/2006

LIMA, Ohio - Police are investigating the stabbing death yesterday of a Lima man as a homicide.

Timothy J. Campbell, 18, reportedly was stabbed in the 700 block of West Wayne Street, although officers found him lying on a sidewalk in the 300 block of North Baxter Street.

The man's homicide, which occurred shortly after midnight, was reported by a passerby who saw the victim and then went to a nearby bar, from which police were called. No arrests had been made by yesterday evening.