Body discovered at Stark County landfill
PIKE TWP - The body of a 51-year-old man was discovered around 7:15 a.m. Thursday in the sprawling Countywide Recycling & Disposal Facility in Pike Township in southern Stark County.
Will Flower, spokesman for landfill owner Republic Services of Ohio, said the body "came in with a load'' of refuse.
"We immediately contacted the local police,'' Flower said.
He said there was a check to determine if any landfill employees were missing.
"All the landfill's employees were accounted for,'' Flower said.
The Stark County Coroner's office has identified the body as that of James P. Bryant Jr.
An autopsy determined the preliminary cause of death is "massive crushing injuries to the head, trunk and extremities with multiple fractures''.
According to the Stark County sheriff's office, the man most likely had been sleeping in a container that was emptied and transported to the landfill.
