Woman pleads guilty to murder of Cleveland State professor Todd Morgan in Hudson

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AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — A Cleveland woman indicted in the murder of Cleveland State University professor Todd Morgan last year at his Hudson home has pleaded guilty.

Terreionna Paschal, 32, of Cleveland, was set for trial Wednesday morning in Summit County on charges of aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence, among others.

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But before heading to court, she pleaded guilty to a count of aggravated murder with a firearm specification, according to a court spokesperson.

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Todd Morgan, CSU professor

Police officers visited Morgan’s West Streetsboro Street home on April 19, after the 41-year-old father of two had failed to pick up his daughter from school, the FOX 8 I-Team reported. They found Morgan inside with gunshot wounds.

The Summit County Medical Examiner determined Morgan had been shot in the head and torso and ruled his death a homicide.

Investigators discovered several shell casings inside the home, as well as a bloody shoe print on the back deck of the home. Witnesses told police they heard several gunshots early that morning and saw a light-colored vehicle in the driveway and a person with long, dark hair leaving the home.

Police arrested Paschal five weeks later, on May 27, in Akron.

Morgan and Paschal “only knew each other for a limited time” before the shooting, according to a Wednesday news release from county Prosecutor Elliot Kolkovich. Hudson detectives looked at phone records, mobile apps and DNA and ballistics evidence to link Paschal to the crime, according to the release.

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Paschal is due for sentencing on Thursday morning.

Morgan joined the CSU Department of Management faculty in 2021, according to the Monte Ahuja College of Business website.

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