KETTERING — The man arrested during a standoff and search that resulted in the discovery of human remains at a Kettering home is now in jail.
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Shane Smith, 40, was booked into the Montgomery County Jail on Friday afternoon, according to online jail records.
Smith was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff on Mini Court in Kettering on Tuesday.
Jail records indicate he was taken to a Kettering hospital after being taken into custody on Tuesday. We’ve reached out to Kettering Police to confirm that and if he was discharged today before being booked into jail.
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As News Center 7 previously reported, police first responded to the home around 8:45 a.m. in connection with a search warrant related to a missing person, Nicole Slusser.
Slusser’s ex-boyfriend, Smith, was identified as a person of interest in her case.
Nearly 10 hours after police arrived on the scene, Smith was found inside the home, hiding in a closet under safes.
As shown on News Center 7 at 5:00, we received new body camera video Friday showing police digging through trash inside the home to get to Smith.
The video shows safes getting pulled out of the closet before police pull Smith out of the closet and take him into custody.
While detectives were searching the property, possible human remains were found in the backyard.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s office confirmed the remains were human and is assisting with the investigation. The coroner told News Center 7 on Thursday that an anthropologist was being brought in to help identify what was left of the body.
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