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Worker on train spots remains in Cuyahoga River. Portage coroner says there's no evidence of foul play
By Kathy Antoniotti
Beacon Journal staff writer
Published on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008
KENT: A body recovered from the Cuyahoga River on Saturday is that of a Kent man who was reported missing last week, the Portage County coroner's office said Monday.
Brett Preston, 27, of Hudson Drive, was found after a CSX worker on a passing train spotted his body in the water.
Danny Baker, a family friend who came to Kent from Tulsa, Okla., on Friday to help in the search for Preston, said the body was near an area where he frequently walked.
Preston's partner, Jeff Baker, reported to Kent police on Tuesday night that Preston had been missing since early that afternoon, Danny Baker said.
Danny Baker and Jeff Baker are not related.
Danny Baker said Jeff Baker was concerned because Preston had left the Hudson Drive home without money, credit cards or a cell phone and was taking medication for a brain injury he suffered in a traffic accident six years earlier.
Preston and Jeff Baker moved to this area from Colorado six months ago to open the Healing House, a spiritual counseling service, Danny Baker said.
Authorities told friends and relatives, who were gathering in Kent from across the country to mount a search for Preston, that they had a tentative identification of the body ''through his clothing and a pill bottle that had his name on it.''
News releases were sent to the media last week asking for help in locating Preston. Texas EquuSearch was forming a mounted search when the body was located, Danny Baker said.
Portage County Coroner Roger Marcial said there was no evidence of foul play. The body was taken to the Summit County medical examiner's office, he said.
An autopsy was scheduled Monday. Results will be issued in four to six weeks after the completion of toxicology reports, said Gary Guenther, an investigator for the medical examiner's office.
Kathy Antoniotti can be reached at 330-996-3565 or kantoniotti@thebeaconjournal.com.
KENT: A body recovered from the Cuyahoga River on Saturday is that of a Kent man who was reported missing last week, the Portage County coroner's office said Monday.
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