Fairfield, OH: Police: Man Abducted, Killed Ex-Wife

Woman Abducted From Job In West Chester

POSTED: 5:33 pm EDT October 27, 2009
UPDATED: 6:43 pm EDT October 27, 2009
FAIRFIELD, Ohio -- Butler County's coroner said it appears that a shooting that left a former couple dead Monday was a murder-suicide that may have started at a West Chester business.

Police said the bodies of a man and a woman were found in a sport utility vehicle in the parking lot of Jellybean Junction at the intersection of Mack and Winton roads just before 10 a.m.
Images: Fairfield Day Care Shooting
The 911 caller from the center said that lawn care workers had spotted Francisco Restituyo, 47, in the SUV with what appeared to be a gunshot wound to the head. Responding officers found the woman, Evelyn Restituyo, 46, in the back seat.
The coroner's office said it appears that Francisco Restituyo shot Evelyn, then himself. The coroner said that Evelyn Restituyo's hands and feet were bound with zip ties and she had been shot in the leg and in the head.
Francisco Restituyo died from a head wound, the coroner's office said.
Fairfield police said late Tuesday that it appears that Francisco Restituyo may have confronted Evelyn Restituyo at the totes Isotoner plant in West Chester, where she worked, then shot her in the leg and abducted her. Francisco Restituyo then shot the woman in the head while in the Jellybean Junction parking lot before shooting himself, police said. No children were near the incident when it occurred.
Family members said the couple had been married previously, but Francisco Restituyo was involved with someone else now and lived in Liberty Township. Evelyn Restituyo lived in Colerain Township.
Evelyn Restituyo was an employee of Belcan and worked as a temporary worker at totes Isotoner in West Chester for the last four months. Totes released a statement Tuesday evening that said, “We were deeply saddened by the death of our employee, Evelyn Restituyo ... She will be missed, and our thoughts go out to her children, immediate family, and friends.”