Man on Ohio death row never prosecuted in Michigan killing

Man awaiting execution for Ohio murder never prosecuted for Michigan video store owner slaying

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Published On: Mar 11 2013 11:54:24 AM EDT   Updated On: Mar 01 2013 04:09:11 AM EST
LIVONIA, Mich. -

A man facing execution for a murder in Ohio has never been prosecuted for killing a Michigan video store operator during the same multistate crime spree.

Ohio Gov. John Kasich rejected a clemency plea Thursday by 48-year-old Frederick Treesh, whose execution is scheduled Wednesday.

Treesh awaits execution for shooting 58-year-old Henry Dupree during a robbery of an adult book store in Eastlake, Ohio, on Aug. 27, 1994.

Prosecutors say Treesh and Benjamin Brooks carried out crimes across Michigan, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Authorities say the men robbed a woman at a Plymouth motel and shot two brothers at their Best Videos store in Livonia, killing 39-year-old Gus Danno. They say the pair then forced their way into a Livonia couple's home, beat the woman and stole their car.

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