GUILTY OH - Leonid Clark, aka Lonya/Leo Clark, 26, Yellow Springs, Greene County, 13 Jan 2019 *arrest*

[cybervampira]

Local police search for missing villager • The Yellow Springs News

The Yellow Springs Police Department is currently investigating a missing persons case involving a local 26-year-old male, Leonid A. Clark, according to a press release today.

Clark, also known as Lonya or Leo by some, was last seen in Yellow Springs around January 13, 2019. He is a white male, 5’6” with hazel eyes and brown hair approximately 120 pounds.

Clark grew up in the village and attended Yellow Springs Schools.

Today the YSPD, along with Miami Township Fire-Rescue, are assisting Buckeye Search and Rescue Dogs to search Glen Helen Nature Preserve, an area Clark was known to frequent.

Local police added that they we have no indication that Clark is injured or deceased, however Buckeye Search and Rescue Dogs were asked to assist in the investigation because of the cold weather forecast.

Clark frequently leaves town without notifying family, however the length of his absence without contact caused the family to reach out to law enforcement after exhausting their efforts to locate his whereabouts, according to the YSPD, which has been actively looking for Clark for about one week.

Clark was classified as a missing person on Wednesday, Feb. 6, after failing to appear in Missouri for a scheduled court hearing.

Yellow Springs police, rescue dogs search for missing man in Glen Helen

 

[GraceG]

He's been getting arrested pretty regularly since turning 18 for underage drinking and drug charges. (OH Greene County Xenia Municipal Court).
Hopefully, he didn't find harm when out and about while impaired.

 

[cybervampira]

Search continues for local man missing for about a month

Crews did search for him in the area of Glen Helen Nature Preserve, which is an area he was known to frequent, but did not locate him.

 

[cybervampira]

Video @ link.

Family searching for man missing from Yellow Springs

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Clark disappeared a month after he helped clean up a Corry Street apartment after police were finished there investigating an accidental shooting in which one man died, according to Lonya’s adoptive father, Eric Clark. [Clark had no connection to the shooting]

Clark said his son is the kind of person who always volunteered to help when needed, but he was deeply troubled after Dec. 13. Clark said his son volunteered to help clean up the scene and that “was not the best choice for him to make.”

Clark said his gut tells him his son’s connection to the incident that day is a factor in his disappearance.

“It affected him more than he was able to verbalize,” Clark said. “He came over to our house several times and he would just pace back and forth in our living room … He’d talk about it in a sentence or two … He needed to talk about it but didn’t know how.”

[...]

 

[cybervampira]

Search begins this morning for missing Yellow Springs man

A search involving as many as 30 people begins this morning at John Bryan State Park for a missing Yellow Springs man.

[...]

Groups involved in today’s search include: Buckeye Search & Rescue dogs, Yellow Springs police, Greene County Sheriff’s Office and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Eric Clark said.

Staging begins at 9 a.m. at the maintenance building off John Bryan Park Road.

 

[Ann99]

Body found today. Glenn Helen, Yellow Springs. This is next door to John Bryan Park.
Not identifiable as male or female.
Pls read article.

Remains found in Glen Helen Nature Preserve prompt death investigation

 

[Ann99]

Yellow Springs News.
Basically same info.

Unidentified body found in Glen Helen • The Yellow Springs News

Unknown if male or female.
Autopsy conducted Saturday, April 13

 

[iulia]

Missing Yellow Springs man, Lonya Clark, confirmed dead

The Montgomery County Coroner’s office confirmed Leonid “Lonya” Clark’s death early Tuesday morning. A message left with the Greene County Sheriff’s office, which is handling the investigation into Clark’s death, has not been returned.
It’s unclear at this time how Clark, 26, died or where his body was found.

 

[Ann99]

R.I.P. “Lonya”

 

[Dre]

I’m so sorry to hear of Lonya’s death, I hope peace to his family. I hope the traumatizing situation a month before he went missing was not related to this, but maybe we’ll never know. Hope he’s resting in peace.

 

[ADKGemini]

RIP

 

[Ann99]

New development.

Death of missing Yellow Springs man being investigated as homicide

The investigation into the death of Leonid Clark is now a homicide investigation, according to Greene County Sheriff Gene Fischer.

The body of the 26-year-old was discovered Friday afternoon in the Glen Helen Nature Preserve.

Fischer said Clark’s body was wounded and appeared to be dumped east of where his body was found.

 

[Dre]

Wow! I don’t know why I didn’t see homicide coming, I really hope they’re quickly able to connect some dots of his last interactions.

“[he] appeared to be dumped east of where his body was found”
What does this mean? He was moved? Wording is confusing to me

Death of missing Yellow Springs man being investigated as homicide

 

[ALS89]

Definitely did not see this coming. I figured with the spotlight on his mental status leading up to his disappearance that it was a suicide. I wonder if it’s possible that the wounds found could have been self inflicted after all or if they are definitely from another person? Does anyone know what Lonya was supposed to be in court for in Missouri? The father stated that he believes Lonya helping clean up the gunshot scene and his disappearance are related, could he possibly mean that Lonya took to drugs to help cope? If so, could this be a drug deal gone wrong? It was stated several times that he had no money. Poor guy, I hope they find out what happened.

 

[ALS89]

Did a little online sleuthing, seems the court case in Missouri was for felony burglary and property damage. It was in the county of Greene, I found the information on the public records search.

Perhaps the homicide is connected to the burglary? The burglary was before he helped clean up the crime scene.

 

[Ann99]

From Dayton News. Today. Very brief.

“Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation representatives were recently in Yellow Springs assisting the Greene County Sheriff’s Office in the Leonid “Lonya” Clark homicide investigation.

A BCI crime scene unit truck was spotted Friday in the parking lot at Twin Coach Apartments, 320 Union St.”

 

[Dre]

Family still seeking closure in Yellow Springs homicide

“[his father] said sheriff’s investigators have told them certain details of what they know so far that they can’t discuss..
The only details from the investigation that have been released so far is that Lonya Clark’s body was found in a decomposed state on the bank of the Little Miami River. He was fully clothed, but his body showed evidence of injuries inflicted by another person..
typical, almost family-like, small town situation where nobody wants to get anybody else in trouble, and that right now I think is a huge mistake.”

Memorial service June 1st

 

[Ann99]

Update. Reward.

Sheriff offering $5,000 to solve Yellow Springs homicide

The Greene County Sheriff’s Office is now offering a reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the death of Leonid “Lonya” Clark
The sheriff’s office announced today the $5,000 reward for information that helps investigators solve the homicide case from Yellow Springs.

>> Family seeking closure in unsolved Yellow Springs homicide

Investigators have conducted multiple interviews and tips continue to come in, but “at this time, we are asking for additional public help,” the sheriff’s office release states.

“Someone is aware of exactly what happened and who caused the death of Mr. Clark,” the sheriff’s release states.

 

[Ann99]

Many bizarre details revealed. Sad. A must read.

New details add more mystery to unsolved Yellow Springs homicide

 

[Dre]

LE searched an apartment in sept but are keeping a lot of details to themselves..
“Magoteaux said he is optimistic the case will be solved and that the evidence investigators have gathered will lead to an arrest and conviction..
Neighbors on Friday reported seeing investigators carrying a computer out of the apartment among other items”
“Captain Sean Magoteaux said the residents of the apartment in Enon are not suspects in the case.”
Search of Enon apartment connected to Yellow Springs homicide case