CRESTLINE—Thanks to public outreach, relatives of a Crestline man have been located.
Officers were dispatched to 705 High St. Crestline in reference to doing a well-being check on the occupant of that home.
Upon Arrival, Officers checked the home and found a deceased male lying inside. It appeared as if the individual had been deceased for a lengthy period of time.
The occupant of the home has been identified as Mr. James Holency, but there was no way to identify the deceased person located in the residence as being Mr. Holency. No family members could be identified or located. The Crawford County Coroners’ Office responded to the scene.
The deceased individual was transported to a facility where an autopsy will be performed to identify if there are any suspicious circumstances that surround this death and hope to positively establish the identity of this individual.
Since this news release, the Crestline Police Department updated the release saying a relative had been located.