Wednesday, October 13, 1999
Body by highway identified
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
HEBRON — The Boone County Sheriff's Office has tentatively released the identity of a body found last week along Interstate 275 by a passerby.
At this point in the investigation, the skeletal remains have been identified as David Lee Snider Jr.
Mr. Snider, approximately 40 years old, is from the Miamisburg, Ohio, area.
According to Sheriff Michael A. Helmig and Boone County Coroner Doug Stith, it appears the victim died of gunshot wounds.
Authorities had said the victim's skull appeared to have a bullet hole.
The death is being investigated as a homicide.
Mr. Snider had not been reported as a missing person, but he was wanted by Ohio as a parole violator.
Investigators say an Ohio driver's license was found on the body. Mr. Snider's family has been notified.
Positive identity, though, requires a check of dental records, said Robert McDaniel, deputy Boone County coroner.
The remains were found in a wooded site about 100 feet off the eastbound lanes of the interstate, about a half mile west of the Ky. 237 interchange.
State forensic anthropologist Emily Craig estimated the body could have been sitting in the shallow grave where it was found for up to five years, Mr. McDaniel had said.
The sheriff and the coroner are working with the family to positively identify the victim.
Investigating Deputies Todd Kenner and Jimmy Wagner could not be reached for comment. Sheriff's spokesman Darin Harris said the two were out of state Tuesday interviewing people for the case. He declined to say where.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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