“The biggest business people in town” urged Councilman Mike Polensek to approve the deal. Credit: Walter Novak
The investigation continues into the double murder, Friday, of a husband and wife who ran a car dealership on E. 185th Street in Collinwood.

Much to the outrage of Councilman Mike Polensek, the murders of Mike Kuznik and Trina Tomola at the Mr. Cars dealership were immediately overshadowed by the murder of Robert Godwin Sr., a video of which was posted to Facebook by Steve Stephens on Easter Sunday.

“I guess you have to be killed on Facebook for the City’s leadership to pay attention and to sympathize with one’s family,” Polensek wrote in a press release Tuesday. “The residents of the greater Collinwood community are demanding answers. They demand a thorough investigation and diligence so that they are successful in apprehending the human garbage that viciously took the lives of these two people and devastated their families.”

Yesterday, Cleveland.com reported that two vehicles were stolen at the car dealership where Kuznik and Tomola were killed. They are a 1999 two-door, white Chevrolet Tahoe with gold trim and beige (or taupe) leather interior. The other is a 2008 four-door, silver BMW 528i.

In addition, the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s office announced that a $5,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest of those responsible. If you see either vehicle, you are asked to call 9-1-1 immediately.

This article appears in Apr 19-25, 2017.

Sam Allard is a former senior writer at Scene.

5 replies on “Reward Now Offered for Info about Double Murder at Mr. Cars on E. 185th”

  2. “Mister Facebook” was “more important” because his crime became national news and the spotlight was on Cleveland.

    Again. For all the wrong reasons.

    So everything else, every other major crime…including murder investigations…got put on hold. As a result, the trail has grown cold and it will be harder to catch these dirt-bags. Hell, they didn’t even release any descriptions of the stolen vehicles until today, five days after the killings.

    But Mister Facebook was Priority One.

    Chuckles the Clown

  3. This is also different because Godwin was just an old man and these two were involved in the drug game.

  4. At jones is there something you know? Shouldn’t you tell police? Not post here? Is this just your guess? Pretty bold statement

  5. The fact remains that two innocent, hardworking people were murdered so a lazy piece of garbage could steal from them instead of working hard to get money and buy what they wanted the proper way. Justice needs to be served in this case, otherwise let’s make our country’s new motto: Work Hard, Pay Taxes, Get Murdered, Then Who Cares?! I’m willing to bet that the killers don’t pay taxes in full or at all.

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