Dayton police responded the afternoon of July 4 on a report of a body — later identified as 38-year-old Kevin L. Hughes — found in a wooded area by Wolf Creek, near the intersection of West Riverview Avenue and Linnbrook Drive in Dayton, according to the Montgomery County Prosecutor’s Office.
“The victim’s body had been burnt. Further investigation determined the victim had been fatally shot elsewhere and the body had been taken to the wooded area for disposal,” a release stated.
Detectives determined that Hughes had been shot after an argument outside a house on Valencia Drive in Dayton. His car was found July 6 parked in Trotwood.
The suspect’s brother, 51-year-old Ernest S. Parks Jr., also is charged in the case. He waived indictment and was charged via bill of information, served Dec. 7, with tampering with evidence, gross abuse of a corpse and arson, according to court records.
Credit: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
Credit: Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
Both men are serving sentences in unrelated cases at the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction’s Lorain Correctional Institution.
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