Missing Adult Alert canceled in Massillon after 74-year-old John Vales found dead
John Vales (Photo courtesy: Ohio Missing Adult website)
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Posted: 03/05/2013
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By: Tina Kaufmann, newsnet5.com
MASSILLON, Ohio - A Missing Adult Alert in Massillon has been canceled after the 74-year-old man was found dead.
John Vales, 74, was reported missing on March 4, last seen in the city around 10 a.m. The 5-foot 5-inch, 100 pound man was last seen wearing jeans and duck shoes, driving his GMC pickup truck.
Authorities said a Kenyon Avenue SW resident called Tuesday morning reporting a vehicle, matching the one Vales was last seen driving, was in the woods behind his house.
Police believe Vales hit a tree and died at the crash scene.
Vales suffered from a mental disability and medical issues.
An investigation is ongoing.
A call out to the Stark County Sheriff's Office has not been returned.
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