SUMMIT COUNTY — Two men are now facing charges in connection with human remains that were found in a trash bag in Summit County.
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News Center 7 previously reported that officers found a trash bag with human remains in it while investigating a fight between two men on May 2.
While officers were speaking to the men, one of them mentioned the human remains.
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The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner identified the remains as 22-year-old Xavier Menefee of Canton, CBS affiliate WOIO-19 reported.
The medical examiner said Menefee was identified through dental records.
His remains were found in the area of a homeless encampment in the 300 block of Silver Street.
Now, 54-year-old Anthony Fields and 34-year-old Kurth Conaway are both charged with abuse of a corpse, WOIO-19 reported.
They are both being held in the Summit County Jail.
The investigation is ongoing.
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