Ohio suspect in Michigan slayings was in military

Ohio suspect in Michigan slayings was in military
By JOHN SEEWER
Associated Press
July 17, 2012

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - A man being sought nationwide Tuesday in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her pregnant sister in Michigan is a former military police specialist who served nearly a year in Iraq and later was jailed in Ohio for sexual battery.

Authorities say they believe Thomas Fritz, who has been on the run since the killings Friday night, is armed and dangerous.

"We will use extreme caution when we do find Mr. Fritz," Michigan State Police Lt. Sean Furlong said.

Fritz, 38, is charged with killing his 33-year-old ex-girlfriend in a house they shared in Blissfield, a village on the edge of southern Michigan's scenic Irish Hills region. He is also accused of killing the woman's younger sister, who was eight months' pregnant, and shooting and wounding their 52-year-old mother.

He served in the Ohio National Guard beginning in 1997 and later the Army Reserve. He then spent nearly a year in Iraq with the guard's military police unit from the spring of 2003 through early 2004.
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