Ohio Newlywed Allegedly Killed by Machete-Wielding Man While Working at Dollar Tree: 'Beautiful Soul'



A young Ohio woman who had gotten married in October was killed on New Year's Day by a machete-wielding man who came into the Dollar Tree store where she was working, say police.

On Sunday at 4:25 p.m., newlywed Keris Riebel, 22, was in the store at 1120 Wyandot Ave. in Upper Sandusky when a man identified as Bethel Bekele, 27, allegedly came in waving a machete, Upper Sandusky Police said in a statement.

Bekele allegedly "approached Riebel and struck her numerous times with the machete," police said.

Officers raced to the scene after receiving calls that a man with a machete was inside the store and had struck an employee, police said.

Riebel was dead when officers arrived, the Toledo Blade reports.

Officers searched the area for the suspect, who had fled the scene. They found him in the 100 block of South Fifth Street, police said.

Bekele was in a parked car near the Wyandot County Sheriff's Office and surrendered when officers approached, WCBE reports. He was arrested and charged with murder.
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