COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — School officials say students withholding information about an alleged rape in an eastern Ohio city last summer are thwarting investigators, as the FBI looks into threats to local authorities who are working on the case against two high school football players.
The local sheriff said Wednesday his family had received a death threat and the Steubenville police chief said an email he received shut down his computer.
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