RICHMOND TOWNSHIP —
A young boy searching the beach for fishing lures came across the badly decomposed body of a man in Pymatuning State Park on Wednesday afternoon, Ashtabula County Coroner’s Investigator Jim Behr said.
The body is believed to be a missing Pennsylvania man, though Behr said either dental records or DNA testing will confirm the man’s identity.
“We think we know who this man was, but we can’t be 100 percent certain until those test results come back,” he said. “As of right now, the man’s family has to be notified that this could, possibly, be his body.”
Behr was dispatched to the wooded area about 75 yards from the beach at 3:30 p.m.
Behr said the man in question was reported missing on July 18.
“This body is fairly decomposed to the point that obviously we need to do some testing to determine the identity,” he said. “This body had been there for awhile.”
Behr said no foul play is suspected in the death, and the body will not undergo autopsy. The body was taken to the Ashtabula County Medical Center’s morgue until investigators can be certain of his identity.
“We are hoping to secure the medical records (of the missing man) to make that positive identification,” Behr said. “Failing that, we will do the DNA testing, but that will take substantially longer for results. If the dental records are available, we should be able to make a positive identification by the end of the week.”
Behr said the case belongs to the Pennsylvania Highway Patrol, as investigators took the original missing persons report on July 18.
Local News
Young boy finds body in Pymatuning State Park
Officials believe body may be man reported missing from Pa. on July 18
- Local News
-
-
Conneaut man accused of using duct tape to secure girlfriend
A Conneaut man face charges after he reportedly used duct tape to lash his combative girlfriend to a pole in the basement of their Sandusky Street home, police said.
-
FirstEnergy seeks reason for massive Ashtabula County power outage
Humid weather may have played a role in a malfunction that shut down electrical service to a large chunk of Ashtabula County late Tuesday morning, officials said.
-
Ashtabula County I-90 speed limit jumps to 70 mph July 1
As promised, the speed limit on Interstate 90 that bisects Ashtabula County will jump in little more than a month, the Ohio Department of Transportation announced Tuesday.
-
Ashtabula City Council says no to multi-unit apartments
After a passionate hour of debate at a public hearing Monday night, City Council unanimously voted against approving zoning changes at 1936 Carpenter Road.
-
Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame adds one of first African-American U.S. Marines from Ashtabula
One of the first African-American U.S. Marines, 70 years after his service in World War II, has been selected for the Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame.
-
Chardon school shooting victims’ families sue charity
Relatives of three teenagers killed in a northeast Ohio school shooting filed a lawsuit Tuesday against a charity that maintains a trust fund set up first to benefit the victims’ families and also to support the well-being of students and others in the affected community.
-
GOTL gets ‘likeable’ on Facebook
Village police officers are taking a new approach to an old problem — finding wanted criminals.
-
New facility in Ashtabula Plaza offers digital X-rays, ultrasounds
People needed an X-ray need not look far, thanks to University Hospitals’ new, state-of-the-art imaging facility at UH Ashtabula Health Center, 2131 Lake Ave., in the Ashtabula Plaza.
-
Stretch of Rt. 193 open, another to close
A section of Route 193 in Sheffield and Kingsville townships closed for repairs has reopened, according to the Ohio Department of Transportation’s District Four office in Akron.
-
Ashtabula Brass Band presents free concert tonight
The Ashtabula Brass Band will present a free spring concert at 7 tonight in the auditorium at Kent State University Ashtabula.
- More Local News Headlines
-
Conneaut man accused of using duct tape to secure girlfriend
