John Franks remembered his daughter, Cathy McCune, as a good person who wouldn’t hurt anyone.

That’s why it’s so difficult for him to understand how someone could shoot and kill her and wound her husband, Richard, during an apparent robbery at their North Toledo auto parts business.

"She was a gift from God, and she’s with Him now," Mr. Franks said yesterday of his daughter, Toledo’s first homicide victim this year.

Mrs. McCune, 43, of 678 Rutledge Ct., Perrysburg, died from a single gunshot wound in the back of her head, according to preliminary autopsy results released by Dr. Cynthia Beisser, a Lucas County deputy coroner.

Mr. Franks said his daughter was trying to unlock the safe to give the suspect money when she was shot.

Meanwhile, in a nearby state that allows its law-abiding citizens to a carry concealed handgun for self-defense, a shockingly similar story had a much different ending for this concealed carry permit holder:

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The Dayton Daily News has published an excellent in-depth look at Justice Evelyn Lundberg-Stratton's upbringing and legal background. OFCC PAC endorsed Stratton's re-election bid in 2002, against a very liberal opponent:

Supreme Court justice raised in Thailand
By Laura A. Bischoff
e-mail address: lbischoff@coxohio.com
Dayton Daily News

While most baby boomers grew up on rock ’n’ roll, TV and fast food, Ohio Supreme Court Justice Evelyn Lundberg Stratton lived in a jungle, rode elephants, made her own clothes and savored the few times she saw movies and television.

Stratton’s parents, Elmer and Corrine Sahlberg, raised Stratton, her two brothers and one sister in a small town in the jungles of northern Thailand, where they worked as Christian missionaries.

"Sometimes it seems like a different life, like living in a movie," said Stratton, 49, a Republican who was re-elected to a six-year term on the Ohio’s highest court.

Stratton said her upbringing made her fearless, confident and calm. It also gave her a deep appreciation of American democracy and civil liberties, she said. Her background helps her in her job as one of seven Ohio Supreme Court justices. She looks at 200 cases a week, including death-penalty cases, regulatory matters, tax and insurance issues and constitutionality questions (emphasis added).

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