Johnny S. Clarke & Lisa Straub- young Ohio couple murdered

[kitty1]

[quote='kitty1' pid='126431' dateline='1297398309']
hey everyone!! new here. been following other forums on this case. didn't know that this one even existed!!! i tried to read all 119 pages. forget about it!!! i'm not verified yet but i am extended family of Lisa and i am also a local all my life. lisa's showing and funeral were sad. so many beautiful pictures of her. it was weird to see her body in the casket and visions of what they did pop into my mind horrible. the detectives were there mostly to keep psych mom and her posse out.

I've been to the funeral of a murder victim (someone's only child) and it was ghastly.

Something I noticed in all of Lisa's photos was that she was so damn cute. It's just inconceivable that she died like that.

Do you happen to know anything about her relationship with Johnny, like what Lisa's parents thought of him? How about her previous boyfriend?

jeff and marybeth (lisa's parent's) did not like him and they did not like lisa's behavior and recent choices. they had been trying to talk to her to no avail. he was living there to get away from his psycho mom. her previous bf BD broke into Lisa's home to find her and they had a tpo on him

Hi Kitty Just wondering, if Lisas parents didn't like JC & were trying to talk to her about getting away from him, why would they allow him to stay there at their home? Reguardless of how psycho mom is/was, kinda seems counter productive to tell someone to leave their bf & then allow bf to move in. Did they think they could better control the situation if he were closer since you say to no avail would she leave him?


i think so. they were very lenient with the girls, esp. lisa i think they thought she was safer at home than living on her own. trust me these are church going, well educated parents. i know it is difficult for outsiders to comprehend how they would let him stay there. i just can't explain it to anyone's satisfaction. children can be master manipulators to get what they want, especially those in late teens and early 20's. people using, abusing and addicted to drugs and alcohol are absolute masters of manipulation to get what they want.