Sam Perone pleaded guilty to one charge each of voluntary manslaughter, a first-degree felony, and gross abuse of a corpse, a fifth agree penalty.

"For Sam to admit it, you know, that he did do it and all the things he did do." The family received the justice they sought Tuesday when Perone agreed to a plea deal, and said the word "guilty ...

Sam Perone, an Arizona man accused of murdering a rival salesman in 1992, pleaded guilty Tuesday in the 24-year-old murder of a Columbus-area salesman.

Sam Perone, 68, had previously pleaded not guilty to murder charges and denied involvement in the death of 41-year-old Richard Woods. Sam Perone following his arrest in connection with a 1992 murder.

Shortly after Woods’ death, the Perones moved to Arizona, where they were living when both were taken from their home before Sam Perone’s extradition in 2015. She was never charged.

An Arizona man, Sam Perone, was charged last year with killing a rival furniture store salesman, Richard Woods, back in 1992.

LEBANON, Ohio (WKRC) - Twenty-four years after a Columbus-area businessman was found dead in Warren County, the man suspected of killing him admitted to causing his death.Sam Perone pleaded guilty ...

A man arrested in in the 1992 slaying of a rival furniture salesman was arraigned on a murder charge in Warren County. Sam Perone, 67, appeared Wednesday morning before Common Pleas Judge Donald Oda.

Editorial Standards ⓘ LEBANON, Ohio — The trial of 67-year-old Sam Perone is scheduled for Jan. 1. Perone is accused of killing Richard Woods, a rival furniture salesman, back in 1992.

LEBANON, Ohio – A judge is considering which evidence to allow in a Warren County cold case murder trial. An Arizona man, Sam Perone, was charged last year with killing a rival furniture store ...

67-year-old Sam Perone had nothing to say as he walked to a Warren County courtroom Wednesday, Oct. 14, to face a murder charge.