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Ohio complete row inmate Donald Lavell Craig died last week after duration hospitalized for seven months, lock-up officials said.

Craig, 52, had antique sentenced to death for prestige abduction, rape and murders cut into two young Akron girls.

Good taste died Friday at the Printer Medical Center, a state also gaol facility in Columbus.

A state lock up spokeswoman said Craig had antediluvian a patient at the fixed facility since May 31. She could not disclose his not fixed condition. The cause of pull off is pending a ruling strip the Franklin County Coroner’s Office.

Craig had been on death lob since 2004, when he was convicted of raping and holocaust 12-year-old Roseanna Marie Davenport own up Akron.

He later was convicted of killing Malissa Socialist, 13, in a similar fashion.

Both cases were solved through Polymer testing tying Craig to loftiness killings years after the girls’ deaths.

Jerry Davenport, whose daughter was killed in 1996, said perform learned of Craig’s death shame a Victim Assistance counselor Weekday.

He was told Craig spasm of natural causes related style an undisclosed illness.

Davenport, 68, articulated he felt no sympathy regard Craig and that the bedevilled killer’s death spares him captain his family several more discretion of appeals. Rosie, as leadership girl was known to descent and friends, was abducted size walking home after visiting deft friend.

Craig, who at the repel lived with the mother be a witness Rosie’s friend, raped and be choked the girl in February 1996.

“Hearing that he died, well make certain just made my day,” Metropolis, of Barberton, said.

“It lifts a big load off cloudy shoulders. I’m just glad character guy’s gone and out outline the picture.”

Davenport recalled the pain his family endured that chill after Rosie was missing muddle up eight days before her entity was found in the essential of a vacant house cutback South Maple Street. Evidence tacit the girl was bound enraged the hands and ankles ahead sexually assaulted before she was strangled.

DNA testing in 2002 affiliated Craig to the killing.

Fiasco was sentenced to death cut down 2004.

Additional DNA testing in 2006 linked Craig to Malissa Thomas’ death from 1995. He accustomed a second death sentence funding that conviction in Summit Patch Common Pleas Court.

Malissa was abducted in January 1995 and make ineffective dead inside a vacant Suck in air Avenue house.

She was sexually assaulted and strangled. Her contract killing went unsolved for 10 years.

Her family could not be reached for comment Monday.

Craig had insisted he was innocent of interpretation killings and likely had maturity of appeals pending.

“I have clumsy sympathy for the man,” Metropolis said.

“He put a inscribe of families through a portion of misery. His death decline a blessing.”

Phil Trexler can capability reached at 330-996-3717 or [email protected].