Area residents said they were heartbroken at hearing the news of the body being found.
“We were hoping he ran away or something; that’s what we were hoping for but that wasn’t the case,” Carroll County resident Bill Burrier
told Fox 8. “Just the nicest little kid, and he’d sit there and fish with me. I don’t see how anybody could do that to a 14-year-old.”
“It’s just devastating, a small boy like that, you know, heart-wrenching for his family, I’m sure for his parent and anybody that knew him,” added Carrollton resident Mary Johnson.
Shanta Teeters of Carroll County said that she’d always remember Jonathon as a fun-loving kid who was often out and about in her aunt’s neighborhood.
“I can’t imagine what his mom is going through,” Teeters
told WOIO. “He was always walking around Delroy, just out in the summertime and stuff. Just like an everyday kid would be.”
Teeters said her uncle was part of the search party that was looking for the boy. All the volunteers are upset about the body being discovered, she added.
“Everybody’s in shock, I think everybody is saddened, we feel for the family and we just want to see the person who did it pay for it,” added county resident Terry Cheuvron.
Missing Teen Jonathon Minard Found Dead, Buried on a Farm