Two Ohio inmates linked to crimes in Trumbull County have been denied parole. 

Trumbull County Prosecutor Dennis Watkins wrote to the Ohio parole board opposing the release of Christopher Daniel, 54, and Clyde Bush, 73. 

Daniel is currently being held at Lake Erie Correctional Institution for his 1989 conviction of aggravated robbery, aggravated burglary, attempted murder and involuntary manslaughter. 

Daniel was sentenced to 37 years to life for his role in the 1988 southeast Warren home invasion attack that killed George Melnick and severely injured his wife Kathryn Melnick. 

Watkins wrote to the parole board opposing Daniel's release as he has done prior to similar hearings in 2019, 2015, 2011, 2007 and 2003. 

George Melnick was killed by Andre Williams, who was convicted and sentenced to death. Williams is still on death row. 

Watkins stated that Daniel was the accomplice in the heinous crime, attacking Mrs. Melnick with a piece of cinder block. She was hospitalized for six weeks and lived the rest of her life with permanent injury and blindness.

Watkins also wrote in opposition of the release of Bush, who has served almost 34 years of eight life sentences as a convicted sex offender at Marion Correctional Institution. 

Bush was convicted in 1989 on attempted child rape and five counts of gross sexual imposition for molesting 10 children, aged two to six, during a two year period at his wife's Howland daycare center. 

The case was originally investigated by current Trumbull County Sheriff Paul Monroe when he was a detective in Howland Township. 

In 2019, Monroe wrote a letter opposing parole for Bush, stating: 

"These children were robbed of their innocence and subjected not only to physical trauma but also such mental anguish as we will never know." 

In his recent letter opposing Bush's release, Watkins wrote: 

"Some crimes live on in infamy and won't or shouldn't be forgotten." 

The prosecutor also noted that one of Bush's victims still retains very vivid memories of these events, and that they are forever etched into her mind. 

Daniel's next parole hearing is scheduled for March 2026, while Bush's next hearing is also scheduled for March of the following year in 2027.