Body Discovered on Wilson Avenue – Coroner Orders Autopsy

Officers responded to the discovery of two dead in one hour and several reports of severely intoxicated individuals. We break down the Portsmouth Police Chief’s Daily Briefing. 

Under the Influence

Can’t We All Just Get Along?

A Grant Street caller reported a shirtless man and woman fighting in the street at 5 pm. Officers took the man into custody.

Worried Grandma

Just after 11 am, a worried grandma contacted police to say that her grandchild’s father had refused to return the child to the grandmother’s home in Columbus. The grandmother had legal custody. 

Officers took the man into custody on an open warrant.

Suspicious Activity

Dead on Arrival

A woman called police to report finding her brother unresponsive at an 8th Street home at 6:30 pm

Medics pronounced the man dead and the coroner agreed to release the body to a local funeral home. 

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Body Discovered on Wilson Avenue

At 7:26 pm, a man contacted police to report discovering his father dead in his Wilson Street home. Medics declared the man dead. 

The coroner ordered the body transported to Montgomery County for an autopsy.

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