DOYLESTOWN, Ohio (AP) - Authorities say a body found in a wooded area in northeast Ohio is that of a man who hadn’t been seen in weeks and appears to have been brutally attacked.
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office says a woman walking her dog found the body Sunday in the village of Doylestown, near Akron. The office says the victim is 44-year-old Stark County resident Jeremy Lesh, of Perry Township.
Authorities say his family reported him missing on Saturday after not seeing him since Christmas.
His death is being investigated as a homicide. Investigators didn’t release details but say the case clearly isn’t an overdose or natural death.
The Doylestown woman who found the body tells WEWS-TV that someone apparently tried to hide it by putting leaves and a dead tree over it.
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