Trina Tomola Kuznik, 46, was shot and killed on April 14, 2017, inside Mr. Cars II Inc., the Cleveland car dealership she co-owned with her former husband Michael C. Kuznik. The couple were attacked at the Collinwood business when Joseph McAlpin and two co-defendants went there intending to steal vehicles. While two men waited down the street, McAlpin shot Michael, 50, and Trina; the family dog was also killed. Two cars were taken from the lot and the couple’s 19-year-old son discovered their bodies inside the business.

McAlpin was found guilty on charges including aggravated murder, murder, aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, kidnapping, grand theft, and cruelty to animals, and was sentenced to death; that sentence has been stayed pending appeals. Trina is survived by her children Colin Zaczkowski and Corrine Kuznik and her parents Rebecca E. Porter and John Tomola.