Man sentenced to decades in prison for fatal stabbing of former father-in-law

On Nov. 15, 2020, a woman called 911 after she reportedly found her father dead in a ransacked home on Vienna Parkway. When Miami Twp. police arrived, they discovered the body of 80-year-old Jack Gilbert.

An autopsy revealed Gilbert was stabbed more than 30 times, according to the prosecutor’s office.

During an investigation, DNA and other evidence determined Cawood committed the stabbing, the prosecutor’s office said.

He was initially indicted on more than a dozen charges, including murder, aggravated burglary, felonious assault, aggravated robbery and tampering with evidence, according to Montgomery County Common Pleas Court records.