CLEVELAND, Ohio (AP) – A Cleveland police official says a man found dead at a Lorain County landfill may have fallen down a five- or six-story garbage chute at Progressive Field in Cleveland and landed in a large waste container.
Cory Barron, of Fremont in northwest Ohio, went missing Friday night while attending a Jason Aldean concert at the Cleveland Indians’ home stadium.
A worker spotted the body of the 22-year-old man Monday after a garbage truck emptied its load in a landfill near Oberlin, about 35 miles west of Cleveland.
Cleveland police Commander James Chura said Monday that Barron could have fallen through a garbage chute positioned at the top of Progressive Field.
Lorain County coroner’s officials have not yet determined how Barron died. His death is being investigated as a homicide.
Lorain County sheriff’s Capt. Jim Drozdowski says a landfill worker noticed the body after a truck dumped its load. He says investigators are tracing the truck’s route.