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VAN WERT, OH (WLIO) - The Van Wert prosecutor has charged 38-year-old Ryan Houser of Rockford with murder, tampering with evidence, and a weapon under disability for the death of 43-year-old Barbara Ganger back in September. The Van Wert officers were called to Ganger’s apartment for a welfare check.  They found her dead with gunshot wounds in her stomach and in the eye. Houser is being held in the Mercer County Jail on an unrelated weapons charge. 

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