Reporter at News 5 Cleveland
AKRON, Ohio — Through his heartache, Brian Capien is trying to focus on the happy memories with Christian Spigler. He said Spigler was a great person who recently started a job leasing apartments in Northfield.Capien and Spigler met as teenagers and dated on and off for years. They had a child together, Brian Capien Jr., who is now 15-years-old.
Investigators told News 5 that DeFord had a rocky on-and-off relationship with Spigler, and after the homicide, he went inside his home, set it on fire and shot himself. According to a December 2022 police report, a family member reported that DeFord was hallucinating and delusional. "When speaking with DeFord, every vehicle that went by us, he claimed they were the ones watching him. He also claimed he would be dead by the end of the day and wanted to make sure his story was reported. DeFord also stated he was planning on buying a gun later that day to protect himself," the report stated.
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