Tuesday, 26 February 2013 12:40

AUDIO Twinsburg Domestic Death Brings High Emotion

Written by  Chris Keppler
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The emotions associated with the deadly domestic violence attack in Twinsburg are beyond anything most of us can imagine.  A dispatcher heard a 10-year old girl frantically begging for help as she said, " ... my dad is murdering my mom."  Cops and paramedics walked into the bloody scene and tried unsuccessfully to save Tami Wong, 46, who had been stabbed multiple times.  And then there are the kids, themselves.

Twinsburg Police Chief Chris Noga says he heard indirectly from the relatives currently caring for the 10-year old girl and 8-year old boy. 

"They're still trying to come to grips, in terms of being without parents and I think it's going to take them a long, long time to do that," said Noga.

While everyone has the innocent children in mind, it is not unreasonable to consider some of the adults in the mix that also had to deal with a sad situation. 

It goes across the board to the officers who respond to a call like that," said Noga.  "Fortunately, this is not an everyday occurence in Twinsburg and we have dealt with calls like this before, but that doesn't mean it's any easier on safety forces personnel."

Noga says counseling services are available to first responders, including dispatchers, through Safety Forces Chaplaincy in Akron. 

"There are certain segments of society that believes, 'Well, that's part of your job, just deal with it,' but we're human beings at our core," said Noga.

Glenn Wong, 50, is being held at the Summit County Jail.

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Chris Keppler

Chris Keppler

Chris is the regular news anchor on WQMX's Wynn and Wilson in the Morning and WONE's Tim and Christi in the Morning programs. He first opened a microphone at WZIP-FM at The University of Akron in 1990 but got his first paid radio job delivering weekend news on WZKL-FM & WDPN-AM in Alliance. Chris then moved to WJER AM & FM in Dover where he reported on Tuscarawas County, including stories that made national headlines. Chris has been honored by his peers with first place awards from the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters including Best Reporter, Best Feature Story, and Best Broadcast Writing among others. In addition to his work as a broadcast journalist Chris has also worked in public relations and as an instructor at the University of Akron teaching Broadcast News Writing. Chris enjoys volunteer work, and has served on the boards of the Ohio Associated Press Broadcasters, Public Relations Society of America (Akron Area Chapter), American Cancer Society Hope Gala Committee and currently serves on the Green Baseball/Softball Federation Board. Contact Chris through the newsroom 330-864-6397 or email at ckeppler@rcrg.net

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