Coroner IDs man found dead outside Kroger

UPDATE @ 8:30 p.m.

Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the man found dead inside a car in the Moraine Kroger parking lot as Kenneth Warrix III, 30, of New Lebanon.

A preliminary cause of death was not available, and neither was when an autopsy would be conducted, the coroner’s office said.

UPDATE @ 6:20 p.m.

The Montgomery Coroner’s Office just arrived on scene for a man found dead in the passenger seat of a car found in the Kroger parking lot in Moraine.

UPDATE @ 6:15 p.m.

The body of a middle-aged man was found this evening in the passenger seat of a car in the Kroger parking lot.

Moraine police Sgt. Jason Neubauer said the man’s cause of death is under investigation and that the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office has been called to send an investigator.

The body was reported by someone walking through the parking lot, he said.

When asked whether it was unusual to have a body reported in the Kroger lot, Neubauer said the heroin epidemic is such that a body found is not out of the ordinary, however, the sergeant would not confirm that heroin was suspected in the death.

UPDATE @ 6 p.m.

Police are surrounding a red car with crime scene tape near the side of the Kroger building in Moraine.

The body was found inside the car, but it’s still not clear whether the death is suspicious or due to a medical issue.

FIRST REPORT

A body was found this evening in the Kroger parking lot.

Police are on scene in front of the store at 2717 Alex Bell Road, dispatchers confirmed.

We are working to find out whether the death is considered suspicious. We are on the way and will update this report as we learn details.