I was contacted by a gentleman who is writing a chapter in his book on the murder of Sophia Baird from Campbell County, which occurred in Ohio in 1943. This was the article I posted to the Campbell County site: CHECKING CLUE IN OHIO MURDER Link Report on Three Negroes To Slaying of Waitress in Cincinnati Hotel Cincinnati - Cincinnati police today were investigating a new clue in their search for the slayer of blonde Sophia Baird, a 20-year old waitress who was murdered early Sunday in the hallway outside her third floor hotel room. Robert Puckett, Middletown, reported to the Middletown police force, that he saw three negroes acting peculiarily when he passed the Biltmore hotel, where the girl was brutally slain. Puckett disclosed that this was at about the time of the murder. Detective Chief Clem Merz said that except for the fact that the suspect was a negro, his detectives had no clue to the slayer's identity. More than 48 hours have elapsed since the former Elk Valley, Tenn. girl's body was found stabbed and slashed while detectives have been attempting to establish whether any act, unintentional or otherwise on the slain girl's part might have led a Negro to believe that she had no qualms about racial barriers. Police questioned Miss Baird's roommate, Miss Mildred Sharpe and other friends of the girl but so far they have not uncovered anything to show that the girl had even the slightest association with her slayer. Meanwhile, police were attempting to ascertain when an attack upon a 26-year-old housewife could have been perpetrated by the same Negro. Mrs. May McKinney notified authorities that a man answering somewhat the description of Miss Baird's slayer had attacked her at her home. Mrs. McKinney said the Negro fled when she screamed. Mansfield News Journal, Mansfield, Ohio, April 27, 1943 The book is tentatively scheduled to be released in October 2008 at a cost between 20 and 25 dollars...The gentleman is requesting to know if there is anyone on the lists that were either directly related to her and/or knew her. Please contact me directly at my email _angelameadows3@aol.com_ (mailto:angelameadows3@aol.com) if you have information on her and/or the murder which may assist the writer. **************Ideas to please picky eaters. Watch video on AOL Living. (http://living.aol.com/video/how-to-please-your-picky-eater/rachel-campos-duffy/ 2050827?NCID=aolcmp00300000002598)