Police seek answers in 2001 murder of janitor found dead on couch

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — The 2001 shooting death of a janitor found on a couch at the business he worked at has stumped detectives.

City police have still not been able to close the case of Clint Wright, 42, who was found shot and killed June 4, 2001, inside a business in the double-digit block of Kenmore Avenue.

Wright’s death was one of 34 homicides in 2001. Of those homicides, 18 of them were unsolved.

A worker at the business told police they found Wright shot to death about noon. When police arrived, they found Wright sitting on a couch on the second floor with a gunshot wound to the head.

Another employee told police they left the business at 9 p.m. the night before, and when they came back, a piece of plexiglass was pushed aside and some mesh was pushed out of a window, giving someone access to the office and door.

Incident reports do not reveal if police had any suspects or much other information.

Reports said Wright was a janitor at the business.

Anyone with information on Wright’s death can contact the Detective Division at 330-742-8911 or CrimeStoppers Youngstown at 330-746-CLUE.

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