Are you talking about the Joyce A. Scott murder which occurred on Hammerstein Road on April 10, 2003?

Is this the case involving 32-year-old Scott Andrew Routt of 1217 13^th Street, who was arrested on April 22, 2003 and was sentenced less than twenty-four hours later to eighteen years in prison?

Michael Mearan was the defense attorney in this case; he, the prosecutor and the court worked together to produce the speediest conclusion to a possible capital murder case in the history of modern America.

In this case Sheriff Donini was quoted as saying that he "would like to emphasize to the residents that the circumstances surrounding this particular murder case indicates this crime was a "crime of opportunity" where the victim and the suspect were not acquaintances and the suspect simply knocked on the door and forced his way into the victims residence at gunpoint after the victim opened the door."

Is this the case you wrote about at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, 2003 when you discussed the murder of Joyce Scott? In this writing you indicated that Sheriff Donini had possibly changed his mind about the murder being a random killing.

Did Sheriff Donini change his mind after you began an investigation of a possible acquaintanceship between the victim and the killer? Was your investigation deeper and more complete than Sheriff Donini’s shallow inquiry which produced his "random killing" theory?

Is this Steve Crawford the same doctor who was charged with three fourth-degree felony drug crimes in November 2002?

Is this Steve Crawford the same doctor that was released by a Common Pleas Court Judge on January 6, 2004 after writing the felony drug charges off the record because Dr. Crawford had completed "treatment in lieu of conviction" programs?

You, Doug Deepe, wrote an excellent article concerning the disposition of the charges against Dr. Steve Crawford on January 6, 2004.

Is this the same Dr. Steve Crawford you had reason to suspect of performing illegal abortions in his Portsmouth office? You wrote of this on Tuesday, May 6, 2003.

Are abortions considered to be murder?

I wonder if Dr. Steve Crawford was wise in filing this action.

Does he really understand the intense scrutiny, the interrogatories, the depositions and the exposure that this filing will bring to the public eye?

Has Dr. Steve Crawford been made aware of the possibility of a full investigation of the case by competent investigators, such as Doug Deepe?

Has this civil action by Dr. Crawford been motivated for political reasons in an attempt to discredit the Democratic Party Candidate for Prosecuting Attorney?

Is this suit an attempt instigated by the Republican Party to counter the publication of unethical acts committed by members (C.B. Hermann and Sheriff Marty Donini) of the Scioto County Republican Party Central Committee who supported Portsmouth Mayor Greg Bauer with use of Scioto County Republican Party funds in a futile attempt to defeat the citizens of Portsmouth who were working for the Mayor’s recall?

Mayor Bauer and others are currently under criminal investigation for fraud and other felonies. (Written by Austin Leedom at 11:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 29, 2004)