Ohio mom and 4-year-old daughter killed in house fire set off by stalker neighbor who used to leave her notes
A woman from Mayfield Heights, Ohio, and her eight-year-old daughter were reportedly murdered by their neighbor who had been stalking the woman for the past few months. The victims, 41-year-old Rebecca Pletnewski and four-year-old Olivia Schneider, were identified in a fire that consumed a residence on Longwood Road, with police arresting 27-year-old Dominique C. Swopes in connection to their deaths.
According to Fox8, investigators determined that Pletnewski had been stabbed to death before the house was set on fire on Tuesday, November 20. Her daughter, however, was pulled out of the blaze alive from an upstairs bedroom by firefighters and rushed to the hospital for treatment, but would later pass away. The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office later determined that the four-year-old had died from smoke inhalation.
