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Scioto Deputies Investigating Homicide


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Scioto County deputies are treating the discovery of a McDermott man's body as a homicide.

Sheriff Marty Donini says the Able Ambulance Company called 911 after arriving at the home of Kenneth Layne, 45. for a scheduled appointment pickup.  When deputies arrived, they treated the scene as a homicide. The Scioto County cororner sent the body to the Montgomery County Forensic Center for an autopsy.  The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation is assisting the sheriff's office in processing the scene, at 28 Rose Alley.

Sheriff Donini says the cause of death will not be released at this time due to the ongoing investigation.  Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Denver Triggs at 740-354-7566.