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Mom came to Warren from Florida several times to search for son now declared dead
By Ed Runyan
WARREN
Sharon Six of Largo, Fla., came to Warren from Florida the day after her son, Timothy Six Jr., went missing in February 2014, to look for him.
That 11-day search began two years of heartache, as she hoped her son would be found alive.
That search ended Monday, when Dr. Humphrey Germaniuk, Trumbull County coroner, called Sharon to tell her that 2002 records sent from her son’s dentist in Wisconsin to Warren matched the human remains – Timothy Six’s remains – found April 26 in a wooded area behind the Econo Lodge on Youngstown Road.
Because the remains were only bones and articles of clothing Tim had been wearing the day he disappeared, Sharon believes her son probably died very soon after he disappeared.
The next step will be for Dr. Germaniuk to take the remains to a forensic pathologist so that an analysis can be done to determine – if possible – what caused his death, Dr. Germaniuk said.
The initial examination done by Dr. Germaniuk did not reveal any obvious wounds to suggest a cause, he said.
Timothy Six had been living in Niles with a relative for a couple of years after growing up in Wisconsin, Sharon Six said. He had some psychiatric issues for several years but he had gone off his medicine for about a week.
His social worker called for a taxi to take him to ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital the day he went missing, Feb. 18.
Sharon and other family members arrived in Warren on Feb. 20, staying in a motel near the Ohio Turnpike, and spending their days looking for Timothy, posting signs and letting people know about him.
The hospital produced surveillance video from that day showing that Timothy, 35, had walked into the hospital but never made contact with hospital personnel.
He left on foot to the east and disappeared on Homewood Avenue Southeast, Sharon said. He was wearing the Pittsburgh Steelers hat and other clothing found with his bones.
One of the great ironies of the search – which was followed by a second 11-day search and a shorter search in July 2014 – was that the family stayed part of the time at the Econo Lodge on Youngstown Road during those 11 days.
The Econo Lodge is only about 100 yards from where her son’s bones were found, police said.
The Six family – Tim Six Sr. is a Warren native who went to school here – will have a memorial service for Timothy in Florida on Memorial Day this year.
The family plans to have Timothy’s remains cremated and buried after investigators are finished with them, Sharon said.
“It brings us closure, but it’s not the outcome we wanted,” Sharon Six said of knowing that her son has been found dead.