[ [ [ bloggin space w i k i ] ] ]Sully
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Hi, This guy on the right is not the subject of this article.
The guy on the right raped and murdered a 10 year old girl and Sully helped get to the bottom of the sordid investigation. Sully should not be considered a fact-based article. It is a page made up of memories, stories, and other sorts of evidence that cannot be backed up by a factual source. This case shocked me when I was a child and then shocked me again when I met the men involved. |
Sully was a police officer. Sully was one of many hundreds of central Ohio police officers that were involved in a rape/murder case that occurred in the sleepy suburb of Upper Arlington in 1980. Because of the connection with the author of this article and the actual people who took part in this investigation, it should be noted that this article has a definite bias. Yes, I knew the men involved. I worked with them and shared stories of their service. That being said, I must also note that I am not a law enforcement officer of any kind.
Because of the anecdotal information contained within this article, Sully and any other law officals will not be actually named, nor will any part of their service records will be discussed.
Physical Description
Sully was a huge man. Back in the days before MMA fighting, there used to be "TOUGH MAN CONTESTS" all around the midwest. Sully won several of them, using his bare knuckles. At the time I was introduced to Sully, he was in the twilight of his career, looking at a great retirement and the prospect of an incredible business opportunity involving a security company. I knew his wife, his children, and his grandchildren.
Sully never lost a wink of sleep over the actions that took place once the suspect in the murder case (below) was identified. Some say the suspect might have been "railroaded" in this case, but the expansive investigation and the large group of officers involved had been studying the suspect for several crimes prior and after[1] the specific case discussed below.
Asenath Dukat
Dukat was discovered dead June 3, 1980, in a creek bed at the corner of Riverside Drive and Waltham Road after she went missing on her walk home from school. Her body was found about a block away from her home a few hours later. 
Asenath Dukat’s killer has been identified as Brent L. Strutner, who killed himself in Columbus in June of 1984, at the age of 24. Strutner was a 1979 graduate of Upper Arlington High School and was living near the City of Upper Arlington at the time of the incident.
After consulting with numerous police laboratories and other experts in the field in the years following this homicide, the Police Division sent biological material collected during the victim’s autopsy to BCI&I for analysis, in an effort to identify a suspect via improving DNA analysis techniques. In early 2008, the division received notice that a profile had been recovered, and matched DNA from Strutner.
No results were obtained from any other piece of evidence and there is no additional physical evidence that could connect another individual to the crime.
Brent L. Strutner's Suicide
In June 1984, Strutner committed suicide. Apparently,[2] Strutner jumped from his room at the Downtown Columbus YMCA. “Police received a call about 4 a.m. [June 8, 1984] that a nude body was lying on the sidewalk on the Front St. side of the Y. [Detective David] Cash said [Strutner] had been staying alone in a sixth-floor room on that side of the building. The door was locked and the window was open.” (Columbus Dispatch June 8, 1984)
Other Theories
A couple of things of note. The DNA match with Strutner occurred in 2008. The family has been aware of this since that time. This is not news or relief to them. The DNA match to Strutner came from the vaginal aspirate generated from the autopsy. Indicating Brent Strutner raped her. As you may know, Seannie was struck with a 20 lb rock to the head. There were footprints found within a foot of Asenath's head that matched the shoes of Robert 'Chris' Winchester. Strutner's neighbor. There is DNA matching Robert 'Chris' Winchester on a nearly IDENTICAL attack on May 7th, one month prior to Asenath's murder. The only real difference is that child was not killed, hence the statute of limitations are in effect as it was booked as assault- or something similar. Most just read the headline, "case solved", but those of us who care deeply about this know a killer is likely still at large.
Bullshit News Stories
The local news was all over this story from the beginning, but had a lack of information.
What Actually Happened
As noted above, all things added by me are anecdotal. Quotes and direct links to this story are the property of their writers/owners/editors. However, I am going to tell you the story that I was told by the actual patrol officers and detectives who were involved in this case.
Yeah, we knew about Brent.[3] We had been in contact with him several times prior to the rape and murder. The guy was just a creep, okay? That's why we took him to the YMCA down town, beat the shit out of him, and then tossed him out the window. The responding officers were our friends, what do you think they were going to label the incident as?
Again, that quote is totally anecdotal evidence. However, it was told to me by several officers and detectives that worked on the case. I will not speak to anyone connected to the case as I wish no harm to any of the police officials involved. Heck, its been so long ago, I don't even remember their names.
It was explained to me, when I questioned how they knew who did the deed, that several law officials had been tracking Brent for other reasons not related to the case. However, through back channels the police actually knew that Brent raped and killed Seannie. They had DNA, but did not want to wait for technology to catch up with their findings. Thus, they took the matter in their own hands.
Further Reading
References
- ↑ https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-kelly-prosser-8-columbus-20-sept-1982.222566/
- ↑ https://longwalkhomeua.com/the-first-suspect
- ↑ https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/oh-asenath-seenie-dukat-8-upper-arlington-3-june-1980.222107/page-2#post-9855329
- ↑ Adelaide Petras is UAHS junior and a staff writer for Arlingtonian. She enjoys writing about numerous topics including politics. Adelaide runs on the high school’s cross country and track teams. Outside of school, she can be found listening to music, taking walks, and being a Wendy’s enthusiast. Adelaide’s favorite color is orange, and she loves cats.
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