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Marcus D. Turnage was 38 when he was found fatally shot inside a Youngstown home on Lakewood Avenue on April 12, 2020. Police had been called to the residence for reports of a disturbance; witnesses told investigators an argument began there, allegedly over religious beliefs after Turnage denied the existence of God, and that a family friend, Jillian Russell, shot him.

Turnage was a high school graduate who worked as a machine operator for Portage County Recycling Center and is remembered by family as a devoted Cleveland Browns fan and loving father. Russell was arrested at the scene and held in the Mahoning County Jail on a $1 million bond; a grand jury later indicted her on aggravated murder and murder charges. Her competency to stand trial was at one point found lacking but was later restored after treatment.

Does anyone have memories of Marcus or information about the April 12, 2020 events that could help the ongoing case?