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Recovered remains linked to Fleming family member

Wednesday, June 28, 2017

CLEVELAND — Cleveland.com is reporting human remains that washed ashore last week have been identified as belonging to one of the six passengers who died in a December plane crash.

According to the Cuyahoga County medical examiner, the remains were identified as 15-year-old John "Jack" Fleming of Dublin. 

Fleming was with his family aboard a Cessna 525 Citation Dec. 29 when it crashed shortly after take-off from Burke Lakefront Airport in Cleveland. 

Also on the plane was Fleming's father, Ohio beverage distributor CEO John Fleming, 45; his brother, Andrew; their mother, Sue; and neighbors, Brian Casey, 50, and Megan Casey. 

Suzanne and John T. Fleming were natives of Boardman.