The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office confirmed investigators from their office responded to the complex in Dayton near the Harrison Twp. border.
Dayton police said Tuesday that detectives are working with the coroner’s office to determine the person’s identity and cause of death.
Police have not said how long the body was believed to have been at the complex before its discovery, but it was reported to be decomposing.
A coroner’s investigator on Tuesday said it has not been confirmed whether the body is that of a man or woman. However, the police incident report lists the unidentified person as “John Doe.”
The fire investigator who found the body was not at the property for a specific call, Dayton Fire Capt. Brad French said Tuesday.
“DFD fire investigators routinely patrol areas of the city where there have been previous arson fires,” French said. “The fire investigator involved was conducting such a patrol in the Foxton Court area and came upon a body. There was no active fire on the property at the time.”
The 2019 Memorial Day tornadoes irreparably damaged about 22 Foxton Court apartment buildings in the complex where the body was found.
The city of Dayton is considering selling 58 acres, including a former city tree nursery and what’s left of the apartment complex, to Five Rivers MetroParks.
MetroParks would demolish and remediate the Foxton Court apartments as part of the deal, which is expected to cost about $1.9 million, city documents state.
Staff Writers Cornelius Frolik and Daniel Susco contributed.
Credit: Jim Noelker
Credit: Jim Noelker
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