Born in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Ancestors 
Daughter of John William Farrow
and Ida Belle (Corlett) Farrow
Sister of
Sarah Belle (Farrow) Dessauer and Ethel May (Farrow) Durkin
Wife of
John Walter Secrest
— married
3 Apr 1926 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Wife of
Herbert C. Fray
— married
15 May 1937 in Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
[children unknown]
Died
at age 63
in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 2 Apr 2015
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Biography
Myrtle was born in 1898. She was the daughter of John Farrow and Ida Corlett. She was murdered in 1962. [1]
Myrtle was the widow of Herbert Fray. She was murdered in her apartment at 10911 Lake Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. Evidence indicates she knew the murderer since she apparently let the individual in. She was brutally beaten to death. Residents were awakened by screams at 4 a.m. but they quickly subsided and their source was not found out. The body was discovered by a janitor the next morning. The murder was never solved. There is a possible connection to the infamous Marilyn Sheppard murder: Myrtle's sister, Ethel M. Durkin, was later also murdered in 1984. Ethel's murderer was Richard Eberling. Interestingly, Eberling was the window-washer some suspect of being the real murderer of Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn in 1954. Eberling was also an acquaintance of Myrtle Fray. Their sister Sarah Belle Farrow Dessauer also died under suspicious circumstances.
Sources
- ↑ Information entered by Brett Rutherford, Thursday, April 2, 2015.
- 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Cleveland Ward 34, Cuyahoga, Ohio; Roll: 1258; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0164; FHL microfilm: 1241258
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973, Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 180-181; Page: 474; Year Range: 1937 Jan - 1937 Aug
- Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records and Indexes, 1810-1973 , Cuyahoga County Archive; Cleveland, Ohio; Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Marriage Records, 1810-1973; Volume: Vol 143-144; Page: 60; Year Range: 1925 Dec - 1926 Jun
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Myrtle:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Myrtle by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Myrtle:
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