Raisch
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Raisch
The secretary, Melinda Harmon, now Mrs. Raisch, told the police at the time of the killing in 1982 that her husband had been beaten to death by two black men who broke into their home. In an interview with investigators, Mrs. Raisch changed her story. She implicated Mr. Mangelsdorf and acknowledged having a nonsexual but ''emotionally inappropriate'' relationship with him at MidAmerica Nazarene University. Mrs. Raisch was convicted of first-degree murder last May. The former Mrs. Harmon, now Mrs. Raisch, told the police at the time of the killing in 1982 that her husband had been beaten to death by two black men who broke into their home. But when the police dusted off the case file in 2001 and visited Mrs. Raisch in Ohio. Mrs. Raisch was convicted of first-degree murder last May. Shortly before her trial, Mr. Mangelsdorf was also charged with murder and spent a week in jail before being released on a $300,000 bond.