Family of Minneapolis man fatally stabbed by out-of-state fugitive sues Ohio county, others—Minneapolis Star Tribune
The family of a man stabbed to death in his Minneapolis home by an out-of-state fugitive has filed a wrongful-death suit against those whose responsibility was to keep tabs on the alleged killer.
The lawsuit was filed Monday in Summit County (Ohio) Common Pleas Court on behalf of the wife of Ryan Peterson and their parents. Peterson was allegedly killed by 33-year-old Franklin Terrol White of Akron, Ohio, who is charged with using a battering ram to break into Peterson’s home the morning of Aug. 12, 2022.
… At the time of the stabbing, White was under supervised release while awaiting trial on charges that in February 2022 he broke into the Akron home belonging to the parents of Ryan Peterson’s wife, Kassie Peterson, “in a severely impaired mental state,” said attorney Peter Pattakos, who is representing the family members. …
Pattakos is alleging in the suit that the county’s efforts since 2006 to save money by jailing fewer suspects awaiting trial led to White being moved to the CSS-operated Oriana House, where he cut off his electronic monitoring device, drove more than 11 hours, arrived in Minneapolis and killed Ryan Peterson. …