A severely decomposed body was found outside a vacant funeral home in northeastern Ohio.
Officials with the East Cleveland Police Department said the body was found Sunday in the 15300 block of Euclid Ave. News 5 reported.
The building at the address where the body was found was purchased by a company called Shaw’s Funeral Home Inc. in 2021. WKYC 3 News reported.
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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner’s Office was called to the scene after the body was discovered.
Fox8 reported this that Acting Police Chief Ken Lundy said in an email: “There is very little information I can provide at this time.”
It is unclear how long officials believe the body had been there.
A preliminary cause of death and the identity of the body have not yet been released, News 5 reported.
