MOUNT ADAMS - Police are investigating Cincinnati's 60th homicide of the year after discovering a body Saturday morning near the Elsinore Place steps.

Police said they received a report about 9:10 a.m. that a body had been found in woods near the steps. An autopsy by the Hamilton County Coroner's Office showed that the victim died from a gunshot wound, according to authorities.

Police said they were withholding the victim's name until relatives could be notified.

There are no suspects or witnesses, they said.

Police ask anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers at (513) 352-3040.

Girl, 14, killed in Milford crash

MILFORD - A head-on crash between a compact car and a tow truck led to the death of a 14-year-old girl Friday night.

Ohio State Highway Patrol investigators said Richard E. Butcher, 21, of Loveland, was passing a car in a no-passing zone on State Route 133 when his 1994 Honda Civic collided with a 2001 Ford tow truck owned by Milford Towing.

After the impact, Butcher's car went off the road and flipped over.

Katelyn Earls, 14, of Milford, was not wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car. She was transported to Bethesda North Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Two other 14-year-old girls who were passengers in Butcher's car suffered minor injuries. Neither Butcher nor tow-truck driver Gary Strotman, 48, of Milford, was injured.

Investigators say alcohol was found inside Butcher's car, but it is undetermined if alcohol was a factor in the accident.

The crash remains under investigation.