1st 2010 homicide victim in Toledo is identified

The victim of Toledo’s first homicide of 2010 was identified Monday by the Lucas County coroner’s office.

He was Eric Baldwin, 51, of Toledo, whose body was found in a burning sport utility vehicle in the 1100 block of Pelee Street south of Dorr Street about 4:15 a.m. on Friday.

The death was ruled a homicide, but the cause remains under investigation, said Dr. Maneesha Pandey, a Lucas County deputy coroner. Dr. Pandey declined to say how Mr. Baldwin was identified.

An autopsy was performed by Lucas County Deputy Coroner Cynthia Beisser, who was not available for comment.

Mr. Baldwin’s body was found in a Jeep Grand Cherokee engulfed in flames outside Nova Industrial Machine Co., 1101 Pelee St. The vehicle had not been in a crash, police said.

Toledo police investigated 33 homicides last year. They investigated 20 in 2008 and 13 in 2007.

Don't they see they have a problem there folks, the amount of deaths keep going up and up. I think it's time to take a real look at the picture here, how many of the investigated homicides were solved, ??? and how public is it they they solved them or not. ???

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That's one of the reasons I moved away from Toledo. I hate living in the big city. I don't miss it one bit. I miss my best friend that is still living in Toledo and he LOVES it there. He also lives right downtown!~! Nope nope.... Not for me......