Is this a brown recluse or not

Cleveland, OH

It scrunched up when it saw me, I moved all my stuff from a storage unit, in southwest, ohio after 2 years of being in storage, I have found and killed 2 of these spiders in the past 3 days, I looked around and it seems it is the Brown recluse, the eyes look right, im curious about not seeing the hourglass well, because the spider scrunched up in defensive position before I killed it, I did keep its body. can someone HELP me Identify whether this is a Recluse or if there is no need for concern, im a bit scared!

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Minot, ND

Definitely NOT a recluse. In the first place, you are well north of the endemic range for this species (see https://www.livescience.com/39996-brown-recluse-spiders.html), and it looks nothing like a juvenile recluse - see http://www.brown-recluse.com/images/br8-full.jpg for an image of a juvenile next to an adult recluse spider.

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