9 Year Old Reann Murphy Missing Since 12/14/13 Found Dead in Trash Can Near Her Home in Smithville, OH (Update: Suspect Arrested in Murder of 9 Year Old – Picture … 24 Year Old Jaret Medsger)
9 year old Reann Murphy had been missing since Saturday afternoon, December 14, when she was last seen playing outdoors at the mobile home park at about 5:30pm where she lived at 5912 Akron Road (Map) in Smithville, Ohio. Sadly, the police found Reann Murphy’s body in a trash bin at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. It was not reported how the little 9 year old girl was killed. The Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are now investigating this case as a homicide. Wayne County Sheriff Travis Hutchinson stated, “Any violent death is troubling but the death of a child is much more so. We will leave no stone unturned as this investigation continues.”
9 Year Old Reann Murphy … RIP
Reann Murphy was reported missing on Saturday evening. Police said Murphy was last seen playing outdoors at 5:30 p.m. near her family’s Smithville mobile home park.
According to Wayne County Sheriff Travis Hutchinson, deputies from his department responded to the family’s home at 5912 Akron Road shortly after 8 p.m.. Deputies along with firefighters, civilians and other police searched the area for hours.
At approximately 1:35 a.m. on Sunday, police found the body of a small child in a trash dumpster near Murphy’s home.
Wayne County Sheriff’s Deputies along with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are now investigating the homicide.
UPDATE I: Three registered sex offenders according to the Ohio Registery, 4 if you count work addresses.
UPDATE II: The Seattle PI is reporting that an arrest has been made in the death of 9 year old Reann Murphy. That was fast!!!
Authorities say a suspect has been arrested on a murder charge in the death of a 9-year-old Ohio girl whose body was found in a trash bin.
The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest Sunday in the death of Reann Murphy. A news conference was scheduled for 2:30 p.m.
Watch the Press conference LIVE HERE.
- The suspect and victim were seen together.
- Suspect was arrested at his residence.
- Will be charged with aggravated murder in the morning.
screen grab from News Net 5 Live Video
UPDATE III: 24-year-old Jaret Medsger is the suspect who has been arrested in the murder of 9 year old Reann Murphy. This dirtbag, murderer will be arraigned at 8:15 in a Wayne County courtroom Monday morning.
From News Net 5: Police took 24-year-old Jarrod Metsger into custody shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday. Police said Metsger is a neighbor and acquaintance of the Murphy family. At this time, no motive has been established for the murder.
If any one has information in this case, please contact the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office at 330-287-5750 or e-mail dhunter@wcjustice-center.org
Posted December 15, 2013 by Scared Monkeys Arrest, Child Welfare, Crime, Found Deceased, Kidnapping/Abduction, Missing Persons, Murder | no comments |
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