Found Deceased OH - Bryon Macron, 45, Lafayette Township, 15 Dec 2016

[bellyup]

I am local to this case and am baffled at how utterly quiet it's been kept. I live here and honestly didn't know ANYTHING about it until the body was discovered. I mentioned it to my husband who pays closer attention to the local news and works very close to the offices / lake and he hadn't even heard it mentioned in his workplace.

It's like it's not even happening and when it IS mentioned the general thought is still that it was a suicide.

You don't have a struggle with yourself in your office to the point that there is blood, get in your car and drive yourself to a lake and jump in. This is not a suicide method for cripes sake.

And the most recent news reports simply say they are "waiting for toxology results which may take 2-3 weeks". What ELSE was found during the autopsy ?

 

[rosie_lee]

http://www.wkyc.com/mb/news/local/m...bryon-macron-stabbed-multiple-times/428911577



Medina County Sheriff's Office
A former trustee was stabbed multiple times, according to preliminary autopsy results obtained today by WKYC.
Bryon Macron, a former Lafayette Township trustee, suffered stab wounds to his neck, forearms, and shoulder.
The report does not conclude the wounds killed Macron.
It sites drowning and hypothermia as other potential causes.

A cause and manner of death are still under investigation.
Circumstances around Macron's death have been shrouded in mystery.
WKYC won a court ruling Wednesday, granting the station access to the autopsy reports of trustee from Medina County.
The news station, citing an journalist's exception to Ohio's public record laws, filed a lawsuit in Medina County last month.
Judge Christopher Collins granted the request and ordered prosecutors to provide access to the documents.

 

[Betty P]

http://www.wkyc.com/mb/news/local/m...g on the case. Any word from AG Mike DeWine?

 

[bighairdontcare]

http://www.wkyc.com/mb/news/local/m...bryon-macron-stabbed-multiple-times/428911577



Medina County Sheriff's Office
A former trustee was stabbed multiple times, according to preliminary autopsy results obtained today by WKYC.
Bryon Macron, a former Lafayette Township trustee, suffered stab wounds to his neck, forearms, and shoulder.
The report does not conclude the wounds killed Macron.
It sites drowning and hypothermia as other potential causes.

A cause and manner of death are still under investigation.
Circumstances around Macron's death have been shrouded in mystery.
WKYC won a court ruling Wednesday, granting the station access to the autopsy reports of trustee from Medina County.
The news station, citing an journalist's exception to Ohio's public record laws, filed a lawsuit in Medina County last month.
Judge Christopher Collins granted the request and ordered prosecutors to provide access to the documents.

Question- aren't autopsy reports open to public ? Why would it be such an obstacle to obtain the report in macrons case ?


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[Betty P]

Adding a link to an interesting Akron Beacon Journal article from Mar 24 about the unusual way the evidence has been handled in this case. ABJ is watching closely.

More clues emerge about dead Lafayette Township trustee’s office, where blood was found after his disappearance

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/more...od-was-found-after-his-disappearance-1.755943

Seems the Township has already gotten rid of most of the evidence, even before they had results of the autopsy.

Investigators have been close-lipped about where and how much blood they found in Macron’s disheveled township office on Dec. 16. They also have refused to say whether they suspect foul play and where blood was located in his vehicle, which was discovered that day, next to the lake where his body was found floating two months later.

The township records, requested by the Akron Beacon Journal/Ohio.com, show the walls in Macron’s former office were repainted and the carpet was apparently replaced after investigators collected evidence at the scene. Trustees also hired an agency that specializes in crime scene cleanup.

 

[Betty P]

Question- aren't autopsy reports open to public ? Why would it be such an obstacle to obtain the report in macrons case ?


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We've had the same discussions regarding the Rhoden Family Massacre down in Pike Co, OH. Ohio law has been (sloppily) amended a couple of times on the AR issue (we don't have the brightest folks in the Ohio General Assembly), so its open to interpretation. The main part of the law reads that AR's can be shown (only) to the news media and family, but most ME's in Ohio release them to the public when asked.

Why is it such an obstacle in these cases? It's how the AG and local pols do things. AG DeWine has always liked secrecy. Ohio's previous Speaker of the House is the bigwig in Medina County. In the Rhoden case, Pike County is in the district of the current Speaker of the Ohio House. All three are powerful people who resist making this information public, for whatever reason. Most other counties, especially large urban ones, it isn't that big of a deal.

It certainly has the news media's attention, though. I'm glad they're challenging this stuff in court. They're all experienced and probably have good reason to push for transparency.

 

[Owutatangledweb]

Question- aren't autopsy reports open to public ? Why would it be such an obstacle to obtain the report in macrons case ?


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Typically, LE does not release information if there is an ongoing investigation with a potential of criminal charges. Obviously, they have no cause of death so criminal involvement is not yet clear. This is the preliminary autopsy, so perhaps they wanted to wait until the final is in and they have had more time to investigate. IIRC, they are still waiting for toxicology results?

 

[detailgirlie]

What about the diamonds

 

[detailgirlie]

Stabs and defense marks but what about all the missing diamonds!?!

 

[gorillla]

Stabs and defense marks but what about all the missing diamonds!?!

I must have missed that. I know he was a jeweler, but I didn't read anywhere that diamonds were missing.

Can you explain? Or post the link for me?


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[bighairdontcare]

I must have missed that. I know he was a jeweler, but I didn't read anywhere that diamonds were missing.

Can you explain? Or post the link for me?


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He was also a jeweler- rumor has it a lot of diamonds or jewelry are missing.
That hasn't been reported through media I don't think...


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[bighairdontcare]

We've had the same discussions regarding the Rhoden Family Massacre down in Pike Co, OH. Ohio law has been (sloppily) amended a couple of times on the AR issue (we don't have the brightest folks in the Ohio General Assembly), so its open to interpretation. The main part of the law reads that AR's can be shown (only) to the news media and family, but most ME's in Ohio release them to the public when asked.

Why is it such an obstacle in these cases? It's how the AG and local pols do things. AG DeWine has always liked secrecy. Ohio's previous Speaker of the House is the bigwig in Medina County. In the Rhoden case, Pike County is in the district of the current Speaker of the Ohio House. All three are powerful people who resist making this information public, for whatever reason. Most other counties, especially large urban ones, it isn't that big of a deal.

It certainly has the news media's attention, though. I'm glad they're challenging this stuff in court. They're all experienced and probably have good reason to push for transparency.

Understood.
Lack of media coverage or new information has boggled my mind. I followed rhoden case for a long time until it literally just went cold. I would hate for this to happen to this case.
I still find it hard to believe there are no cameras at a township building. Also wonder if any DNA was found in his vehicle. I would imagine that the suspect or suspects drove his vehicle in the lake considering the injuries he suffered. Media still hasn't confirmed if the blood was in fact macrons- I'm sure it was but that detail has been mute.


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[Owutatangledweb]

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/pros...n-macron-who-was-stabbed-and-slashed-1.758716

http://fox8.com/2017/04/06/prelimin...today-in-death-of-lafayette-township-trustee/

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/medi...tor-on-bryon-macron-autopsy-results/429168639

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/medi...bryon-macron-stabbed-multiple-times/428911577

 

[Betty P]

http://www.ohio.com/news/local/pros...n-macron-who-was-stabbed-and-slashed-1.758716

http://fox8.com/2017/04/06/prelimin...today-in-death-of-lafayette-township-trustee/

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/medi...tor-on-bryon-macron-autopsy-results/429168639

http://www.wkyc.com/news/local/medi...bryon-macron-stabbed-multiple-times/428911577

Akron Beacon Journal article above is a good one, with comments from a retired Akron police officer who is now a consultant:

Though Dimoff wasn’t privy to the investigation, he guessed Macron met with at least two people at his office to settle a matter of some sort, such as an ongoing dispute.

“What it tells me,” he said, “is someone met with him not to kill him, but to talk to him about something sensitive, and that discussion got out of hand.”

Authorities have said Macron left his home early the day he disappeared — though they refuse to say what time — and his office was found in disarray about 7:30 a.m.

Even though the preliminary AR shows defensive wounds on the victim's arms, trying to block someone from stabbing him, the Medina Co prosecutor says there's no evidence to suspect foul play. :thinking: AR also shows no water in his respiratory system, indicating he was dead when he was put in the lake. So how did he leave his office and drive to the lake?

Public records requested by the Beacon Journal showed the township replaced the carpet and repainted the walls and ceiling in Macron’s office after his disappearance. Dimoff said that’s likely because of blood spatter.

“If he’s been cut on his arms and he’s struggling with this person,” he said, “there’s going to be blood flying around.”

Dimoff believed Macron’s death was the work of at least two people because he had to be moved after the alleged attack.

 

[Steve Distant]

[FONT=&amp]So let me see if I'm following this correctly. Macron leaves his house in the wee hours of the morning and heads to the Township admin building, apparently to meet with a resident. A Township employee arrives to work at roughly 7:30 to find the door to the township building open and the lights are on. When the employee enters the building, he finds Macron's office in disarray with blood on the floor, walls and ceiling. Several hours later, Macron's vehicle is discovered, by way of using OnStar, parked near Chippewa lake and blood is discovered in the vehicle. After the vehicle is found, a member of the highway patrol (?) uses a plane and flies over the lake in a "grid pattern" and nothing is found that would warrant a dive team to search the lake. The FBI is called in to assist in the case and nothing new emerges and things go silent for a couple months. It is later reported in the ABJ that shortly after the incident, a crew is brought in to the Township building and the carpeting is removed and the walls and ceiling are cleaned and a fresh coat of paint is applied before Macron was found. Fast forward to February and a kayaker discovers Macron's body in the lake after it thaws. The county is then sued by WKYC to release the autopsy report and it is reported that Macron had a large cut on the right side of his neck, "defensive" stab wounds on his forearms and another stab wound on his back. The report also states that there was no water found in his lungs which means he was deceased before he entered the lake. This seems strange and there are a several questions that I have:[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]* Was a 911 call made after the employee discovered blood in the office?[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]*It was very cold that morning and there was a light dusting of snow on the ground. Where there any footprints or blood on the ground or in the snow?[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]*Did anyone enter the building, other than the authorities, after the township employee discovered the blood?[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]*Why was the building cleaned before Macron was found and who made the decision to clean it? Is it considered hazardous material?[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]*Were search dogs used or was there discussion to form a search team/party to scour the perimeter of the lake and Township building?[/FONT]
[FONT=&amp]*How can one make a determination, from several hundred feet in the sky, that there was no reason to dive in the lake and search for Macron?
*Who if anyone has been interviewed?[/FONT]

 

[bighairdontcare]

Apparently owner of jewelry company picked up and left country recently


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[kbissing]

Apparently owner of jewelry company picked up and left country recently


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Isn't that interesting !


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[Firstrules]

Apparently owner of jewelry company picked up and left country recently


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Where do you hear that information?

 

[bighairdontcare]

Where do you hear that information?

Local- talk of the town.


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[Firstrules]

Local- talk of the town.


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I found the owner's name, Alex Malik, of A.V. Diamonds. I tried googling information on him leaving the country, and couldn't find any information. I was curious since I live in Medina and know the Macrons, and the whole thing is baffling.