AKRONOhio (WJW) — A Cleveland woman charged in the murder of Cleveland State University Professor Todd Morgan last year at his Hudson home has pleaded guilty. She will now appear in court on Thursday morning for her sentence.
Terreionna Paschal, 32, of Cleveland, was arraigned Wednesday morning i Summit County indicted for, among other things, aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and taking evidence.
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But before heading to court, she pleaded guilty to one count of aggravated murder with a firearm specification, according to a court spokesperson.
Officers visited Morgan’s West Streetsboro Street home on April 19, after the 41-year-old father of two failed to pick up his daughter from school, FOX 8 I-Team reported. They found Morgan inside with gunshot wounds.
The Summit County Medical Examiner determined that Morgan had been shot in the head and torso and ruled his death a homicide.
Investigators discovered several shell casings inside the home, as well as a bloody shoe print in the back of the home. Witnesses told police they heard several gunshots early that morning and saw a light-colored vehicle in the driveway and a person with long, dark hair leaving the home.
Police arrested Paschal five weeks later, on May 27, in Akron.
Morgan and Paschal “only knew each other for a limited amount of time” before the shooting, according to a news release Wednesday from County Attorney Elliot Kolkovich. Hudson detectives looked at phone records, mobile apps and DNA and ballistics evidence to link Paschal to the crime, according to the release.
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Paschal will be sentenced on Thursday morning. She will be in court in Summit County on Thursday at 8:30 a.m
Morgan joined the CSU Department of Management faculty in 2021, according to the Monte Ahuja College of Business website.
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