READ: Springfield police investigate body found in Mabra Park
Graf also reached out to the public for help in the investigation. Holt was last seen alive about 11 p.m. Monday, so anyone who may have seen him after that time or came in contact with him should contact Springfield police investigators with any information they have, Graf said.
Graf also said investigators still have not made a direct connection with Holt’s killing and the home invasion in Huber Heights where two boys, including one of Holt’s sons, was tied up. Until such connection is made, the cases will investigated separately, he said.
There are no suspects or persons of interests in either case, officials in Springfield and Huber Heights said.
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First report:
Springfield police are continuing their investigation after a body was found at a Springfield park Tuesday morning.
Huber Heights police are also continuing an investigation into an incident hours before at the man’s home in that city.
Cedric Holt Jr. was found dead at Virgil Mabra Park in Springfield.
He is the father of one of two teenage boys who were tied up in a home invasion in Huber Heights on Tuesday morning. Other than the relationship between Holt and one of the boys, there’s no connection between the home invasion and Holt’s death, said Sgt. Charles Taylor of the of the Huber Heights Police Department.
“We’re still ... just over 24 hours involved in this. So we’re still looking into everything,” he said. All stones will be looked under. And we’re going to continue to canvas the neighborhood, ask questions to anybody and anyone that’s willing to talk.”
Both police departments are releasing limited information. Springfield police plan on hold a press conference today at 2 p.m.
Here is what we know now:
Initial phone call
Springfield police were called to the 1400 block of Oakleaf Avenue on Tuesday morning, according to a Springfield police report.
There they met a man mowing the park’s grass who said he found a body, the report says.
“The victim was found face up with his head to the north and feet to the south,” the police report says. A park employee who called 9-1-1 said the body was in a car.
Springfield Fire Division personnel told police the man, later identified as Cedric Holt Jr., was dead.
Suspicious death
The death is considered suspicious, the Clark County Coroner’s Office said. The cause and manner of death were not yet determined.
A Springfield police report describes the death as unspecified.
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No arrests
A news release from the city of Springfield on Tuesday evening says no arrests have been made in the incident, and anyone with information is asked to call 937-324-7685.
Taylor said Wednesday that detectives are still working the case.
“As far as our home invasion we are still looking into everything,” he said.
Anyone with information about the home break-in can call the Huber Heights Police Division at 937-233-1565.