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Human remains found in duffle bag identified as man missing since 2020 in Clark County

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CLARK COUNTY — The Clark County Coroner’s Office has identified the human remains discovered in a wooded area near I-70, in Clark County in early October.

According to Patrick Gleason, Clark County Coroner’s Office investigator, the remains belonged to David Eugene Sisler, of Springfield.

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Sisler was reported missing in February 2020.

A 911 caller discovered Sisler’s remains in a duffle bag on Oct. 8, 2021.

“I found some human remains. I fished this duffel bag out of bottom of the culvert there and I cut it open with a knife, there’s a human skull in there and a bunch of other bones,” an anonymous caller reported to dispatchers in a non-emergency phone call obtained in a public records request by News Center 7.

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The cause and manner of death are still under investigation, according to Gleason. The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation are doing further testing on the remains.

We will update this story as more information becomes available.

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