Ohio woman found dead in septic tank held purse

[June 08, 2011]  ATHENS, Ohio (AP) -- A final autopsy report shows that a woman found dead in a septic tank in southeast Ohio still had her purse on her arm and was killed within 45 minutes after being snatched off a street.

The Logan Daily News reports the complete autopsy findings released by the Athens County coroner confirm a preliminary ruling that 25-year-old Summer Inman was strangled. The medical examiner who conducted the autopsy noted that Inman had a plastic zip tie tight around her neck.

The woman's estranged husband and father-in-law have pleaded not guilty to charges including aggravated murder, kidnapping and gross abuse of a corpse.

Authorities say Inman was abducted March 22 near a bank she cleaned in Logan, about 45 miles southeast of Columbus. The body was found seven days later.

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Information from: Logan Daily News, http://www.logandaily.com/

[Associated Press]

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