ID made on body found in Wal-Mart parking lot in Austintown

AUSTINTOWN — Mahoning County Coroner’s office has confirmed the identified a body found in a truck in the Wal-Mart parking lot as Dennis Burley.

The office released a statement today stating that Burley, 52, of Akron, was initially identified by tattoos and family accounts of prior medical history.

His identity will be confirmed using dental records because the body was so badly decomposed.

Burley’s body was found at about 3:45 p.m. Wednesday at the end of the store’s parking lot closest to Mahoning Avenue after a security guard went to check on the truck.

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