Thursday, August 26, 1999
Slain woman's family sues store where she worked
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The family of a Franklin convenience store clerk who was abducted from her job and slain in 1995 has sued Dairy Mart, saying a lack of security led to the woman's death.
The wrongful-death suit, filed in Warren County Common Pleas Court this week for the estate of Ellen New, asks for an unspecified award from Dairy Mart Convenience Stores Inc., of Enfield, Conn., and the Lawson Co., a Franklin firm that operates the store where Mrs. New worked at 1012 E. Second St.
The suit contends the com panies forced Mrs. New to work alone at night, failed to provide sufficient training in handling violent crimes, and did not employ security equipment, such as cameras, protective glass or silent alarms despite a rash of crime at similar stores in southwest Ohio.
Mrs. New, 55, of Liberty Township in Butler County, was abducted at knifepoint Jan. 6, 1995, stabbed more than 60 times and dumped on a snowy rural road a few miles away.
Willie Ledford and Genis McGuire, both of Franklin, were sentenced to life in prison for the slaying.
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