Toledo police want tips on 2 murders

5/9/2009

Toledo police are seeking help identifying assailants in two separate incidents last week. One left a South Toledo man dead. The other left an elderly North Toledo woman dead and her husband critically injured.

Frances Fox, 88, was killed and her husband, Kenneth, 74, was critically injured in what police say was a break-in or home invasion that took place Friday or early Saturday at 3373 Mulberry St. in North Toledo. He remained in serious condition yesterday at St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center.

Richard Soria, 47, of 659 Congress St. in South Toledo, suffered multiple gunshot wounds shortly after returning from church about 12:12 p.m. Sunday, police said. He was taken to St. Vincent Mercy Medical Center, where he died a short time later.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stopper, 419-255-1111, and may be eligible for a $5,000 reward the city is offering for information about either of the homicides. Mr. Soria s family is offering another $5,000 for information that would lead authorities to suspects in his slaying.