UPDATE @ 2:40 p.m.:
The man surrounding the death investigation at a house on South Sperling Avenue has been identified as Jerry M. Combs, 85.
The cause and manner of his death have not yet been determined.
FIRST REPORT:
Homicide detectives and forensic investigators are investigating the death of a person at a house on South Sperling Avenue in Dayton Monday morning.
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Officers were first requested around 8 a.m. to the house in the first block of South Sperling Avenue.
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According to dispatch records, a person went to check on a man who lives in the house and found him dead with blood on the walls.
Officers on the scene said it was “too soon” to determine if the death was a homicide. However, evidence crews and detectives were requested to the scene.
The identity of the deceased was not released.
An investigator from the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office arrived at the scene around 9:10 a.m.
A car was towed from the scene, but additional details about the investigation were not released.
We’ll continue to update this story as we learn more.
