Around the Patch: Homicide, Murder for Hire & Customer Service

It was a morbid day for the Patches of Northeast Ohio. (Mentor was .)

Let's see what news the region had to offer.

1. A Willowick man says he was offered $50,000 from life insurance money to kill the ex-husband of a Beachwood woman.

Now that woman and her father both face charges of conspiracy to commit murder, .

Christine Metter and Al Zombory were arrested last Friday immediately after they paid the undercover detective for the fake murder, authorities said. They are charged with conspiracy to commit murder, a first-degree felony, and are both in Lake County Jail on $500,000 cash bonds.

2. A stabbing death in Kent is being investigated as a homicide.

Police have released few details about the death of 57-year-old Jeffrey A. Sipes but they have said that it looks "suspicious," .

Kent Police Lt. Paul Canfield said they have a "person of interest" in the case, but he would not idenfity the person because no charges have been filed.

3. The Cleveland Clinic announced today that  in East Cleveland would close within 90 days, and explained reasons why on its website.

On the Huron Hospital homepage, a declining population and the expense of maintaining the older facilities are listed as some of the reasons why the Clinic decided to close Huron's doors. 

For more information on the hospital's closing, visit .

4. North Canton Patch blogger Ken Palosi mourns the loss of interpersonal communication in customer service.

"Most of the time I am easy to get along with but I get pretty frustrated when trying to deal with a recording that keeps saying over and over “'I’m sorry, I didn’t understand that, please repeat,'" .

"Customer service in America has gotten to the point where there is very little interaction between the customer and actual human beings interested in providing service to customers. And I am pretty sure that is the main reason I take out my frustrations by swearing at automated customer service recordings."