On June 14, 1929, two sixteen-year-old boys found Theora's body in the weeds at the rifle range on Fisher Road near McKinley, where Snook had been teaching her to shoot. She had been severely beaten, and her throat was slashed. Snook quickly became a prime suspect. During police questioning, which lasted nineteen hours, he confessed to the crime. In addition, the police found blood on his clothing, in his car, and the murder weapons--both splattered with Theora's blood. After a scandalous, month-long trial, the jury deliberated only twenty-eight minutes before it found Snook guilty. On August 14, 1929, he was remanded to the State Penitentiary on Spring Street. On February 28, 1930, he was put to death in Ohio's electric chair. A short funeral service followed at the King Avenue Methodist Church, Reverend Isaac Miller officiating. Snook was survived by his wife Helen, a young daughter (name unknown), and his parents, Albert and Mary Snook.
On June 14, 1929, two sixteen-year-old boys found Theora's body in the weeds at the rifle range on Fisher Road near McKinley, where Snook had been teaching her to shoot. She had been severely beaten, and her throat was slashed. Snook quickly became a prime suspect. During police questioning, which lasted nineteen hours, he confessed to the crime. In addition, the police found blood on his clothing, in his car, and the murder weapons--both splattered with Theora's blood. After a scandalous, month-long trial, the jury deliberated only twenty-eight minutes before it found Snook guilty. On August 14, 1929, he was remanded to the State Penitentiary on Spring Street. On February 28, 1930, he was put to death in Ohio's electric chair. A short funeral service followed at the King Avenue Methodist Church, Reverend Isaac Miller officiating. Snook was survived by his wife Helen, a young daughter (name unknown), and his parents, Albert and Mary Snook.