COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- An Ohio man killed his girlfriend, set both his house and hers on fire, then called 911 and calmly described his acts before taking his own life, police said.
Police found the body of Edward Offord II in a parking lot at the O'Shaughnessy Reservoir outside Columbus early Monday, The Columbus Dispatch reported Tuesday. His location was determined by tracking his cellphone call to 911.
Firefighters discovered a body in Offord's house in Columbus around the time Offord called at 4 a.m. Investigators had not been able to confirm late Monday if it was that of 32-year-old Krista Winger, his girlfriend.
Offord appeared to have planned his actions in advance, leaving his two greyhounds at an animal shelter in Columbus Sunday.
He was unemotional during his phone call. When a dispatcher asked him if he had shot Winger in the head, he responded, "I did, yeah, she's dead."
Offord apparently set his own house on fire, then drove to Perry and torched Winger's home before going to the reservoir.
A friend called Offord "a very, very smart computer guy." He also worked as a volunteer docent at the Columbus Zoo, specializing in reptiles.
