Friday, November 27, 2015
YOUNGSTOWN — The Mahoning County coroner has identified the remains of a partially burned body that was found early Thursday on Youngstown’s East Side.
In a news release this morning, Coroner David M Kennedy said Trey Chatman, 21, of Youngstown was the person discovered at about 1:15 a.m. near Liberty Road and Wardle Avenue.
Officers responded to a 911 call from a nearby home, Lt. Doug Bobovnyik of the detective bureau said Thursday.
Chatman was identified via tattoos and information provided by family members.
An autopsy will be conducted later today, Kennedy said.
Police are continuing to following leads. Officers found blood in the street nearby, though that does not necessarily indicate that the man died in the street, Bobovnyik said.
The death is being investigated as a homicide. If ruled a homicide, it would be the city’s sixth this month and the third in which a body was burned. It would bring the number of homicides so far this year to 22, compared with 19 in 2014.