BELMONT COUNTY, Ohio – Andrew Isaac Griffin, 32, of Oklahoma, suspect in the murders of Thomas and Angela Strussion, will be arraigned today, Monday, March 17, at 2:30 p.m. in Belmont County Common Pleas Court.
Belmont County Sheriff James Zusack and his officers returned double murder suspect Griffin back to Ohio. from Hilo, Hawaii on Friday morning, March 14. Griffin had contested extradition.
Griffin was Thomas Strussion’s business partner in the former Salsa Joe’s restaurant located in the Elm Grove section of Wheeling, West Virginia. The bodies of the Strussions and their pets were discovered after a fire in their home in Belmont, Ohio on Sept. 21, 2021.
Griffin is being held at the Belmont County Jail without bond on two charges of aggravated murder.
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