Ralph Howell Obituary: How Did He Die?

Ralph Howell was charged with murder and rape. He was a serial killer and he r*ped and killed several women in his life. He died in a vehicle accident in 1985.

According to the prosecution, Howell’s body was found by detectives in order to collect DNA evidence after he died.

Howell was buried at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Evendale. When his jawbone was removed, the DNA from his body and Thompson’s body was found to be identical, according to Deters.

On March 1978. Cheryl Thompson went missing after she leaves her home and never come back again. She was a student at the University of Cincinnati and she was 44 years old at her death time. 

Later she never returns to her home, her parent worried about her and they searched around the area of their house but they failed to find her daughter anywhere.

They went to the police station to report their daughter’s missing report. Detectives were busy with their investigation.

Two weeks later they found her body along the bank of the Little Miami River. Her body was found by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources.

Both departments Ohio Bureau of Criminal and The Loveland Police Department working hard to investigate the whole case and they investigating Thompson’s death decades after she was killed.

According to Deters, a grand jury charged Ralph Howell, who passed away in an automobile accident in 1985, after his passing for the death of Cheryl Thompson, who was 19 years old. He was charged with aggravated of her murder and rape.

A rape kit was allegedly taken from Thompson’s body and kept at the Hamilton County Coroner’s Office, according to Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters. He claimed that due to the forensic constraints of the period, law enforcement was unable to draw any conclusions from the evidence.

Even though they told investigators that Howell had passed away in the 1980s, Howell’s cousin, brother, and uncle all agreed to submit to DNA testing, according to Deters, who also added that all three were disqualified as suspects.

Howell Is Suspected In At Least Three Other Killings

According to the prosecution, Howell is suspected of being involved in their deaths as well.

Due to the identical circumstances surrounding the other three women’s deaths in Butler and Hamilton counties between 1976 and 1978.

17, Charmaine Stella On February 24, 1978, she was last seen at 1208 Dewey Avenue in Cincinnati. On March 12, 1978, along Old Colerain Pike, her body was discovered.

18, Nancy Ann Theobald On November 16, 1977, she was last seen leaving her employment at an Arby’s restaurant in Clifton. Butler County’s Becket Road is where her body was discovered on December 26, 1977.

24, Victoria Hincher She vanished from her house on October 20, 1976, at about 5:30 p.m. On Butler County’s New London Road, her body was discovered eleven days later.

According to the prosecution, all three women were raped and strangled. According to Deters, none of these murders have DNA available to the investigators.

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