250:, he was arrested on assault charges and illegal weapons possession. He was convicted and sentenced to 15 years imprisonment. Dellmus was paroled in 1992, but was jailed again in July 1993 for violating his parole. Three years later, he was released a second time and moved to Toledo, where he soon found work as a truck driver. In subsequent years, he was seen displaying increasingly impulsive and violent behavior towards women. In April 2004, he was arrested after a woman contacted police, claiming that Colvin kidnapped her from a truck stop, robbing, beating and attempting to rape her, but she managed to escape. During the investigation, a blood and saliva sample was taken from him for DNA testing, in order to see if he had committed any similar crimes in the past.
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taxi driver, after which he made the girl an offer to go to his apartment, where they would drink and have sex, to which she supposedly agreed. A few hours later, Donna began taking drugs, and fainted from an overdose. However, instead of helping her, Colvin strangled her with a plastic bag and then dumped the body on the outskirts of the city.
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and its various suburbs. In the mid-1980s, he began to show signs of anti-social behavior and had problems with social skills. He was unpopular in the area, and began leading a criminal lifestyle, often preferring to spend time in the company of prostitutes. In the late 1980s, Colvin moved to Ohio,
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off the table. Agreeing to the proposal, Dellmus pleaded guilty to the murders of
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