John Quinones
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And then there was Richland County, where he killed Candace Cunningham and Rebecca Lacey.
In these cases, Great pleaded guilty to all of the charges and was given two more prison sentences.
Both life without parole.
Sean Great is currently being held on death row at a medium-security prison in Ohio.
His scheduled execution date has come and gone.
Two things have delayed it.
First, he appealed his death penalty at the state level in 2020 and at the federal level in 2025.
In his appeals, Great argued he had ineffective counsel and that his case was too public to have an unbiased jury.
The first appeal was denied, but the 2025 appeal is still in progress.
The second reason Great remains on death row is that in 2020, the governor of Ohio, Mike DeWine, declared a moratorium on state executions.
Stacey Stanley's sister, Gina, is still waiting for the case to end.
Elizabeth Griffith's friend, Jessica Anderson, is also waiting for Great's execution date to arrive.
Jessica met Elizabeth Griffith while working at a mental health support service called LifeWorks.
For Jessica and others in Ashland, the yellow house on Colvert Court became an unwelcome reminder of what had happened in their town.
The city of Ashland had taken ownership of the house, and 11 days after great sentencing, they authorized its demolition.
Once again, a crowd gathered outside the house on Covert Court, this time to see it destroyed.
Piece by piece, an excavator ripped down the house of horror.
Reporter Bob Jones says the house's destruction felt symbolic.
Detective Kim Major was also there on covert court for the demolition.
The day afterward, a local newspaper ran a picture of her crying while she watched the house come down.