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The Ohio Man diaspora appears to have lost an upstanding member to a heinous crime in Puerto Rico.
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Ohio man victim of gangland-style execution on Island of Enchantment (no, not Put-in-Bay) as local police tab “person of interest”
Heavy news this week as it appears we lost an upstanding member of the Ohio Man diaspora to some sort of heinous crime in Puerto Rico. Where an ex-patriot (read: white immigrant) was found on the beach, shot in the back of the head.
From PEOPLE:
Friends and family of an Ohio man found dead in an execution-style killing on a beach in Puerto Rico earlier this month are criticizing local police and saying they’re looking to hire a private investigator.
Tyler Wilkin,35, was found dead by a man taking a morning walk on the remote Playa la Selva beach in Puerto Rico on July 10, according to local outlets WKRC, WCPO, and WXIX.
According to WKRC, the Wilmington, Ohio, native had moved to a nearby area in Puerto Rico in 2024, where he later met his girlfriend Iva Mo. Mo is among those leading the call for further investigation into Wilkin’s death.
“He wasn’t just a victim of a homicide,” Mo told WXIX this week. “He was the love of my life — my best friend. Tyler deserved to come home. And he deserves some answers — and our entire community deserves justice.”
Wilkin reportedly had texted his girlfriend about some sort of “rowdy man” near his campsite, claiming that he had been “howling” and shooting off fireworks.
Local police, meanwhile, seem to have fingered a top suspect.
However, Spanish-language-based El Nuevo Día reports that police aren’t releasing any other details of the suspected shooter.
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"Local police, meanwhile, seem to have fingered a top suspect." They've what now?