Displaying items by tag: missing man

Akron Fire Department's Dive Team went back in the river off Weathervane Lane, near the site where a man went missing in February when the car he was driving, owned by his girlfriend, went into the Cuyahoga River.

And the search did NOT recover a body. AFD says dive teams found "trash in trash bags".

Crews were called there on report of an article of clothing in the river, and they got help from crews from Cuyahoga Falls, New Franklin and Macedonia.

In February, the man's girlfriend was a passenger in the car when it went into the river. She got out and called police from a nearby apartment.

She told police her boyfriend swam in the opposite direction, following the current of the river.

Previous coverage:

3/22/16: UPDATE Missing Man Not Found In Car Recovery

A Canton man has been arrested for allegedly murdering a missing man.

Canton Police executed a search warrant Friday night at 36 year-old Lance Levi Rankin's home on Worley Street after receiving a tip according to NewChannel 5. While searching the home, police found the missing man's body. His identity is being withheld until his family is notified.

Officers told the TV station they saw Rankin driving northbound on I-77 and attempted to stop him. The Ohio State Highway patrol came in to help by laying down road spikes. Rankin tried to swerve out of the way of the spikes and crashed into a parked police cruiser.

Police say Rankin suffered non-life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital where he remains in custody.

The investigation is still ongoing.

------

On The Web: newsnet5.com