UPDATE | Boardman police ID man found in suspicious death

BOARDMAN — Detectives have been investigating a suspicious situation involving a death in the township since yesterday afternoon.

Chris Craft, 48, has been identified as the victim at a home on Alverne Drive, but how he died has police perplexed.

Captain Donald Hawkins said police initially thought his wound in the jaw and neck area was an exit wound from a gun. But they didn't find a gun or splatter that would result from a gunshot.

"[The] scene is immaculately pristine. There's no splatter," Hawkins said. "It's big ... there's a lot missing and we don't know what caused it."

The coroners office is still performing an autopsy and police have spoken to a person of interest.

Detectives were on scene for more than an hour Monday morning and took the computer that Craft was found in front of on the floor of the home.

Craft lived alone with three small dogs and his wife has been living in Tiffin, Ohio for work.

BCI is set to be on scene later this afternoon.

The situation began when a call came in from a man on a cell phone at 1:19 p.m. Sunday.

Hawkins said authorities are waiting on the autopsy results, expected later today, "and [are] still continuing to gather evidence at the scene."

Relatives of the home owner or owners were on scene earlier but did not wish to talk to the media.