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MILLERSBURG — He was her hero and her best friend. Now, Mistie Rowe wants the world to remember her brother for the man he was before his life came to an untimely end.
James L. Rowe Jr., 42, of 7542 County Road 22, Loudonville, died late Saturday night after being stabbed multiple times with a kitchen knife in his home. His girlfriend, Bobbi Amos-Camacho, 43, of the same address, was arrested early Sunday and has been charged in Holmes County Municipal Court with murder.
Mistie said she and her brother, known as Jimmy to friends and family, have “been through so much together.”
“He always told me, 'We don't always see eye to eye, but we walk side by side.'”
Jimmy was a father, a brother, an uncle and a son. “He was a great man and a great father,” she said,
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He's my main concern right now.”
Right now, her family is shocked and lost, she said, noting it was her brother who “held us together.”
She said she wants her brother to be remembered for the man he was — a big-hearted, funny guy, a hero.
She said she hopes others will see “domestic violence is not a joke. Alcohol and domestic violence together are serious. I just hope people learn from this and don't have the same pain we do.”
And, she said, “I hope that she gets the book thrown at her. Life is not long enough.”
Deputies and emergency personnel were dispatched to the couple's residence at 10:39 p.m. Saturday after Amos-Camacho called 9-1-1 to report Rowe had accidentally cut himself while sharpening a knife.
They arrived to find him unresponsive, and he was pronounced dead at 11:46 p.m., according to Chief Deputy Richard Haun of the Holmes County Sheriff's Office.
Investigation at the scene by detectives and deputies indicates that he was apparently killed by multiple stab wounds to the torso and arm, according to