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KARIN: WLWT NEWS 5’S KARIN -- VICTORIA SCHAFER LIVED AND OWNED A BUSINESS HERE IN CHILLICOTHE A PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO. HER WORK IS WHAT TOOK HER TO HOCKING HILLS ON LABOR DAY PHOTOGRAPHY WAS VICTORIA SCHAFER’S PASSION. SHE WAS DOING WHAT SHE LOVED WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A LOG AT OLD MAN’S CAVE AND DIED. >> I DON’T REALLY NEED ANYTHING, JUST SOME ANSWERS. KARIN: WHEN VICTORIA’S HUSBAND FRITZ SPOKE TO US LAST MONTH HE DIDN’T HAVE ANY ANSWERS. NOW FAMILY AND FRIENDS DO. TARA GILLUM WAS WORKING AT STEINERS SPEAKEASY LAST NIGHT WHEN SHE AND HER CUSTOMERS HEARD THE NEWS. TWO TEENS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH HER FRIEND’S DEATH. IT WAS SHOT BECAUSE AS MUCH AS I WANTED ANSWERS AND I REALLY WANTED ANSWERS, I DON’T KNOW IF I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD GET ANY . AND THEN RELIEF IT WAS A GOOD SOLID FIVE MINUTES OF I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS IS REAL. KARIN: THE HOCKING COUNTY PROSECUTOR SAYS TWO 16-YEAR-OLDS FROM LOGAN, OHIO, WHICH IS NEAR HOCKING HILLS, ADMITTED TO FORCING A 74 POUND LOG OFF A CLIFF. IT FELL MORE THAN 75 FEET AND HIT SCHAFER AS SHE WAS TAKING SENIOR PHOTOS FOR A GROUP OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. AFTERWARDS VICTORIA’S HUSBAND HAD PUT OUT A PLEA FOR HELP ON WLWT. >> I JUST WANT ANYBODY THAT WAS HERE, OR THERE ON LABOR DAY, EVEN IF IT WAS EARLIER IN THE DAY TO JUST CALL DNR OR CRIME STOPPERS. KARIN: INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE PUBLIC LED INVESTIGATORS TO THE TEENAGERS. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY RECIVED A TIP ABOUT A TEXT MESSAGE ONE OF THE TEENS SENT TO CLASSMATE, SAYING HE AND A FRIEND DID SOMETHING SERIOUS AT AT THE PARK. THE BOYS WERE ARRAIGNED TODAY. AS THE LEGAL PROCESS PROGRESSE THOSE CLOSE TO VICTORIA SAY SHE WOULD BE THE FIRST TO FORGIVE. >> LAST NIGHT WHEN PEOPLE IN HERE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT, THAT SEEMED TO BE THE REOCCURING THING. SHE 100% ONE OF FORGIVE AND. KARIN: BOTH TEENS FACE RECKLESS HOMICIDE CHARGES BUT THE PROSECUTOR SAYS THAT COULD CHANGE AS MORE INFORMATION COMES

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Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with the death of a mother of four at Hocking Hills State Park.Authorities with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources announced the arrest of two 16-year-olds suspected in the death of 44-year-old Victoria Schafer, of Chillicothe."It was shock, because as much as I wanted answers -- and I really wanted answers -- I don't know if I thought that I would get any," said Tara Gillum, a friend of Schafer's and fellow small business owner.Schafer, formerly of the Cincinnati area, owned a photography business and was at Old Man's Cave on Labor Day taking senior photographs for a group of students when a log fell on her.Investigators did not name the teens, as they are minors. Both were charged with reckless homicide and are being held at the juvenile detention center in Lancaster. Hocking County prosecutor, Benjamin Fickel, said both teenagers are from Logan, Ohio. Fickel said the teens admitted to forcing a 74-pound log off a cliff, causing it to fall more than 75 feet, and it hit Schafer.Fickel said investigators received a tip about a text message one of the the teens sent to a classmate, saying he and a friend did something serious at the park. The teenagers were arraigned Friday. As the legal process progresses, those close to Schafer said she would be the first to forgive. "Last night, when people in here were talking about it, that seemed to be the recurring thing was that, ya know, she 100 percent would've forgiven," Gillum said. Authorities have not said what the teens allegedly did to make the log fall."I don't really need anything, just some answers," Fritz Schafer, Victoria Schafer's husband said, last month. "I just can't stop thinking about her."