Posted on 01/02/2023 5:05:45 PM PST by Drew68
A Dollar Tree employee in Northwest Ohio is dead after being murdered with a machete while working on Sunday.
The incident happened in Upper Sandusky just before 4:30 p.m. on New Year's Day.
Upper Sandusky police said they were called to the store after a man was spotted waving a machete around inside the store.
Officers arrived and found a cashier, identified as 22-year-old Keris L. Riebel, dead.
Police charged 27-year-old Bethel M. Bekele, who currently resided in Upper Sandusky, in connection with the attack.
Police Chief Jared Lucas said, "Bekele entered the store with the machete, approached Riebel, and struck her numerous times with the machete." Other people were in the store at the time.
The police chief said Bekele drove to the Wyandot County Sheriff’s Office afterward. That's when deputies approached his car and he surrendered to them.
Family members said online that Riebel had recently been married, in October, and had recently graduated from college. She’s from Nevada, which is about 15 minutes from Upper Sandusky. Relatives who answered the door at her family home did not want to talk.
Little is known right now about Bekele. He’s got no apparent criminal record and police are still investigating the relationship between Bekele and Riebel. Bekele had an address in Upper Sandusky at an apartment complex. Neighbors recognized his face, but knew nothing about him, including his name.
Bekele is being held at the Wood County jail in Bowling Green. The police chief in Upper Sandusky said the Wyandot County jail did not have the available bed space for him. He is charged with one count of murder. His court date has not been set.
It is unclear what, if any, relationship existed between the victim and the suspect or what the motive was.
Just graduated college & a beautiful bride. Absolutely tragic.
How sad.
Oh my God. How horrible.
He looks pretty proud of himself.
I’m gonna go with “Hate Crime” until persuaded otherwise.
No wonder the Media is ignoring the story.
The killer is black.
Wrong Race.
Wrong weapon.
Wrong political affiliation.
No, silly. Hate crimes are for white people.
“currently residing”; “had an address..at an apartment complex” - sounds like one of those invaders coming over the border and being relocated.
Looks more Arabic to me, maybe a bit black.
She said, “No?”
Long and slow with him.
I will not pray for an animal like that. I will pray for her and her family.
Hate crimes plus high on drugs is my guess.
All day long an endless drip of stories of feral savages killing white people. Guerrilla warfare ( pun intended). Few notice or care.
I agree. Heartbreaking.
I bet they keep his background secret. The look on his face places him 15 minutes from the nearest Taliban.
Bekele is an Ethiopian name. Makes me wonder: is he an illegal (can we even use that term?); did he come in with Obama’s Ethiopian group; did he get here because of Biden’s border policies; how has he supported himself since arriving?
Ethiopians have an average I.Q. of 67 and will never assimilate into any western society.
And the victim white. All too common.
He’s no Arab. Probably an African immigrant.
Machetes are the new assault weapons favored by the worthless bass turds illegally sneaking into America.
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