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WEATHERSFIELD -- Township police say officers found a man's body in an apartment Thursday morning while executing a search warrant.
Police Chief Michael J. Naples Jr. stated in a media release that Weathersfield police received assistance from the Niles Police Department Entry Team while serving a search warrant in the 3800 block of Niles Carver Road at 7 a.m.
When officers entered, they found a man deceased inside the apartment.
The chief says more details will be released. The incident is under investigation.
Dominic Binkley, deputy press secretary for the Attorney General's Office says BCI was involved in the investigation at the request of local police and that an investigation into the matter is "acting and ongoing."
The Trumbull County Coroner's Office was unable to provide information on the name, age or matter of death of the victim.
PREVIOUS INCIDENT
This is the second time in about two months that a body was found in the township.
During the week of Dec. 10, an unidentified body was found in a wooded area off Salt Springs Road. Authorities are investigating the incident as a homicide.
Trumbull County Sheriff Paul Monroe said his office was contacted by the Struthers Police Department, which was working in tandem with Youngstown police on a missing person's case.
They had received a tip about a body possibly being dumped.
A detective with the Trumbull County Sheriff's Office met with Struthers police along Salt Springs Road, began a foot search of the heavily wooded area and discovered the body.
The body was being referred to as a "John Doe," but Monroe said it was not gender specific. Given the state of the decomposed remains, the sheriff said the remains could have been there for "more than a year."
An ID of the body could take time, Monroe said at the time, as a forensic pathologist works to determine what information can be collected from dental and DNA samples.
It is believed by authorities that the body is that of a missing person from Mahoning County.