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July 18, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The first order of business after arriving at Chicks on the River Monday afternoon was to raise a glass to Mom. Nineteen months after Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt, was heinously attacked in her home on Nov. 9, 2021, her four adult children gathered to celebrate the end of the nightmare and a chance…
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July 11, 2023 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — The children of Christine “Tina” Lohman Schmitt are finally ready to see the man charged with sexually assaulting their mother go to trial. “We are glad this day is here, because this is not the Bradley Yohn show,” said Heidi Young, the oldest of Schmitt’s four children. “This is the Tina Lohman show.…
Read Full Article May 5, 2022 | By David Adam, MRN Editor
QUINCY — Ten members of Christine “Tina” Schmitt’s family gave victim impact statements Thursday afternoon during the sentencing hearing for Karen Blackledge in Adams County Circuit Court. They hope to get one more chance to do it again. Blackledge pled guilty April 1 to one count of home invasion and one count of aggravated sexual…
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