Background
Roberts was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio and was a student of Austintown-Fitch High School.
Roberts was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio and was a student of Austintown-Fitch High School.
She had one child, Michael Raymond, in 1969. She and William Raymond divorced in 1971. They later sold their home and moved to Richmond, Virginia for one year, and in 1993, the couple moved back to Roberts" hometown of Youngstown, Ohio.
Donna purchased their new home in Niles in 1994 on Fonderlac Avenue.
During this time, Roberts and Fingerhut managed the Avis car rental franchise at the Youngstown–Warren Regional Airport for several years. They later managed both the Youngstown and Warren Greyhound bus stations and turned them into successful locations.
Foreign a short period of time, Roberts also ran a small restaurant located within the Youngstown Business Terminal called "Just the Ticket."
In her appeal, it is alleged that the police performed an illegal search of her car parked inside the garage since the search warrant was only for the home. Nate Jackson stated that Donna Roberts had no knowledge of his planned actions and this was video taped during his confession by the police and he also stated this during his trial.
Jackson has also since been sentenced to death for his role in the murder.
Nate"s story did not hold water when the Trumbull County Sheriff"s department intercepted several letters of their plans as well as recordings of their jailhouse phone calls.