New buyer finds former homeowner dead in basement: police

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – A former owner of an Ohio home was found dead in the basement Tuesday by the person who recently purchased the property, ...

December 2, 2022
5:36 PM

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio – A former owner of an Ohio home was found dead in the basement Tuesday by the person who recently purchased the property, police say.Mike Thomas, a spokesman for Cleveland Heights, said police officers and firefighters were dispatched to a home in the 2700 block of Noble Road on Tuesday morning for a report of a dead body.Thomas said the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the deceased as 71-year-old Nina Fielden. He said there were no signs of trauma.Fielden is listed as the property owner on the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer's website, but the person who found her body recently purchased the home through a sheriff's sale.

Molly Walsh