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		</div><h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Jeffrey Scullin allegedly shot and stabbed his fiancée&#8217;s mother, 30 times in her Strongsville, Ohio home last year october</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He then served as a pallbearer at her funeral only to be arrested and charged three days later</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>A year later he has been be convicted in her death </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Scullin, 20, faced charges connected to the murder of his future mother-in-law Melinda Pleskovic, after cops found a tactical knife with the victim&#8217;s blood on the blade and his own DNA on the handle inside his truck </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>He entered a no contest plea in court on Wednesday and will be sentenced Oct 29</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Court records allege Scullin killed Pleskovic on October 23, 2017, then went out to dinner at Applebee&#8217;s with her husband and daughter, and later called 911 </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Scullin and Pleskovic, a popular middle school teacher, reportedly had a history of disputes </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #000000;"><strong>Police say the suspect was living with the victim&#8217;s family at the time of the murder </strong></span></h6>
<h6><strong><span style="color: #000000;">He was engaged to marry her daughter Anna [second left], the pair shared an infant daughte</span></strong><span style="color: #000000;">r</span></h6>
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<h6 class="count-text"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300691" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jeffrey-Scullin-Jr-left-and-Melinda-Pleskovic-right-1.jpg" alt="Jeffrey Scullin Jr, [left], and Melinda Pleskovic [right] 1" width="668" height="491" />Jeffrey Scullin Jr, [left] was arrested for the murder of his fiancée&#8217;s mother, Melinda Pleskovic [right], after cops found a tactical knife with the victim&#8217;s blood on the blade and his own DNA on the handle inside his vehicle </strong></h6>
<p>An Ohio man charged with shooting and stabbing his fiancée&#8217;s mother to death, Wednesday pled no contest to all charges on the first day of his trial.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Jeffrey Scullin allegedly stabbed and shot Melinda Pleskovic inside her Strongsville home on the night of October 23, 2017, then joined the victim’s unsuspecting husband for dinner at an Applebee’s, where his future bride worked as a waitress.<br />
Scullin later called 911 to report finding Pleskovic lying dead in a pool of blood and even acted as a pallbearer at her funeral, three days before he was arrested for her murder.<br />
Police later arrested Scullin Jr, 20, for the murder of his future mother-in-law, 49-year-old Melinda Pleskovic, after finding a tactical knife with the victim&#8217;s blood on the blade and his own DNA on the handle inside a truck he had been driving.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-300693" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jeffery-Scullin-met-his-futurebride-and-her-father-for-dinner-at-the-at-the-Southpark-Mall-Applebees-Neighborhood-restaurant-1.jpg" alt="Jeffery Scullin met his futurebride and her father for dinner at the at the Southpark Mall Applebee's Neighborhood restaurant" width="711" height="369" /><strong>Cold-blooded:</strong> <strong><strong>After the murder </strong></strong><strong>on Oct 23, 2017 </strong><strong>Scullin met up with his fiancée Anna and her dad for dinner at the at local Applebee&#8217;s restaurant</strong></h6>
<div>Court officials said Scullin agreed to plead no contest to all charges on the day his murder trial was to begin.</div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">A plea of no contest is technically not an admission of guilt, but the judge finds the defendant guilty as charged and sentences them accordingly.<br />
He was indicted on charges of aggravated murder, murder, felonious assault, tampering with evidence, making false alarms and endangering children in connection with the death of Melinda Pleskovic.<br />
His sentencing is scheduled for October 29.<br />
Pleskovic&#8217;s family was not present, but Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O&#8217;Malley said the family was appraised on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning that Scullin may enter a plea.<br />
&#8216;The nature of this crime was such that putting forth these facts in court was going to be very difficult for this family, and so certainly I think it&#8217;s some relief to the family that this thing was brought to closure today and that Mr. Scullin has accepted responsibility for the brutal act that he had committed,&#8217; O&#8217;Malley said.</p>
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<h6><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300697" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jennifer-Gaffney-n-court-3.jpg" alt="Jennifer Gaffney n court 3" width="704" height="368" /><strong>Jeffrey Scullin [photo] pled no contest to all charges for the murder of Melinda Pleskovic after the judge ruled that the mountain of evidence was all admissible</strong></h6>
<p>At the commencement of the trial last month the victim&#8217;s family and friends applauded and hugged each other when the judge lays down charges against Scullin and insisted that all evidence was admissible.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Scullin&#8217;s lawyer Joseph Patituce informed the court that his client&#8217;s decision to plead no contest was also motivated by the family&#8217;s reaction to gruesome evidence discussed during the suppression hearing.<br />
&#8216;He saw the pain that the family was suffering and despite how he might be portrayed, he&#8217;s not a cold-blooded killer,&#8217; Patituce said.<br />
Details of the case and charges laid against Scullin were previously revealed by <a class="class" href="https://fox8.com/2018/10/16/judge-to-decide-whether-to-throw-out-confession-of-man-accused-of-killing-strongsville-teacher/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Fox8</a>.<br />
He added that his client has legitimate defenses challenging DNA evidence and evidence collection by police.<br />
Police were able to identify Scullin as a suspect after searching a 2002 Chevy pickup truck that he had been driving and recovering a large tactical knife with blood on the blade.<br />
The weapon was hidden beneath various items on the backseat, according to the records.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300692" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jeffrey-Scullin-Jr-left-and-Pleskovic-family.-Scullin-was-living-with-them-at-the-time-of-the-murder.-He-was-engaged-to-marry-victimsr-daughter-Anna-with-who-he-shared-a-daughter.jpg" alt="Jeffrey Scullin Jr, [left], and Pleskovic family. Scullin was living with them at the time of the murder. He was engaged to marry victim'sr daughter Anna, with who he shared a daughter" width="641" height="511" /><br />
<strong>The suspect Jeffrey Scullin [left], was living with the victim&#8217;s family at the time of the murder. He was engaged to marry her daughter Anna [second left]. The pair shared an infant daughter</strong></h6>
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The suspect Jeffrey Scullin, was living with the victim&#8217;s family at the time of the murder. He was engaged to marry her daughter Anna, with whom he shared an infant daughter. He was a pallbearer at Melinda Pleskovic&#8217;s funeral</p>
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<h6 class="imageCaption"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300695" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Melinda-Pleskovic-2.jpg" alt="Melinda Pleskovic 2" width="637" height="541" /><strong>Victim: Melinda Pleskovic was found with stab wounds to her back and a medical examiner said she died of &#8216;gunshot wounds and sharp force injuries&#8217;</strong></h6>
<p>The weapon was hidden beneath various items on the backseat, according to the records.</p>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">More blood was found on the inside door handle of the passenger seat, which matched the murder victim, and Scullin&#8217;s own DNA was found on the handle of the knife leading to his arrest on Tuesday.<br />
According to a narrative presented by police, Scullin killed his future mother-in-law, with whom had a history of disputes, then met his future father-in-law Bruce Pleskovic and his wife-to-be Anna for dinner at the at the Southpark Mall Applebee&#8217;s Neighborhood Grill and Bar restaurant.<br />
Scullin, who had been living with Pleskovic&#8217;s family, was breathing heavily when he told a 911 dispatcher that he and the victim&#8217;s husband Bruce had found her on the kitchen floor with blood all around.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-300698" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Jeffery-Scullin-left-being-questioned-by-police-after-he-was-arrested-for-murder.jpg" alt="Jeffery Scullin [left] being questioned by police after he was arrested for murder.JPG" width="698" height="358" />Jeffery Scullin [left] is seen at his police interview after he was arrested for murder</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">She was found with stab wounds to her back and a medical examiner said she died of &#8216;gunshot wounds and sharp force injuries&#8217;.<br />
Police released no information about a possible motive when they revealed on Tuesday that he had been charged with aggravated murder.<br />
During the 911 call, Scullin told authorities that he had taken his 18-month-old daughter and the victim&#8217;s 18-year-old son, who has Down syndrome, out of the house after discovering her body.<br />
&#8216;We just came home. She&#8217;s on the kitchen floor. I took her son and my daughter outside. Her husband is inside with her now,&#8217; he told dispatchers.<br />
&#8216;We found her in the kitchen. She&#8217;s not moving. I took the kids and I walked outside&#8230; There&#8217;s a lot of blood.&#8217;</div>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><img class="alignnone wp-image-300696" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Melinda-Pleskovics-family-home-3.jpg" alt="Melinda Pleskovic's family home 3" width="745" height="461" /><strong>Melinda Pleskovic&#8217;s husband told 911 dispatchers that people had been trying to break into their home [photo] &#8216;all year&#8217; and blasted Strongsville police for not investigating the strange incidents.</strong></h6>
<div class="mobile-gallery-icon">IScullin, who is an HVAC worker, was being held on a $1 million bond.<br />
The victim&#8217;s husband also spoke to 911 dispatchers telling them that people had been trying to break into their home &#8216;all year&#8217; and &#8216;now someone killed her&#8217;.<br />
Police have released little information and would not say whether the suspect was linked to a series of attempted break-ins and suspicious activities at the home in the months<br />
leading up to the killing.Pleskovic blasted Strongsville police for not investigating the strange incidents that were happening at the home.<br />
Just days before, police investigated a report that an unknown man tried to enter the home by forcing open the back door.<br />
Records show police investigated a report of a theft from a car in January, and they went to the house again in July to investigate a suspicious person.<br />
Officers also were called in September when Melinda Pleskovic told officers a set of car keys were missing an</div>
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Ohio man who shot and stabbed future mother-in-law 30 times, then served as a pallbearer at her funeral days later, convicted in her death – Jeffrey Scullin pled no contest to all charges, first day of his murder trial
