'He was shot in the rectum' 1977 Ohio unsolved murder revisited nearly 50 years later

'He was shot in the rectum' 1977 Ohio unsolved murder revisited nearly 50 years later

BELMONT COUNTY, OH (WTRF) - One period in Ohio Valley history was filled with unsolved murders and disappearances. From 1977 to the early 80s, as many as 40 people were lost in the tri state area, either to murder or to an unknown fate. Two of those cases, from 1977, stand out above all others in this area's collective memory. We begin by spotlighting one of those, the death of Joe George of Bridgeport. He was a graduate of St. John Central and …