Ohio executes killer who strangled and stabbed man he met in bar in 1985

LUCASVILLE — The State of Ohio has executed a killer who strangled and stabbed a man he met in a Cincinnati bar in 1985.Robert Van Hook was sentenced to die for strangling and stabbing David Self after picking him up in a Cincinnati bar in 1985. Van Hook, 58, had no remaining appeals, and Republican Gov. John Kasich rejected his request for clemency without comment.An Ohio prisons spokeswoman said Wednesday that Van Hook spent the morning meeting with Roman Catholic priests and friends. He