DAYTON — A man arrested after a multi-county police chase has been charged with the murder of a missing man found in a Dayton garage earlier this month.
Jeremy Van Voorhis, 47, of Dayton, has been charged with two counts of murder and felonious assault, as well as a single county of tampering with evidence and gross abuse of a corpse, according to Dayton Municipal Court records.
Van Voorhis has been accused of shooting and killing Clinton Pierce, 44, on or around July 15 in the 400 block of Burkhardt Ave, according to an affidavit and statement of facts.
After the shooting, he allegedly “hid Pierce’s body under multiple layers of flooring materials and other items in the detached garage” at the same house.
Pierce’s body was found on Aug. 18 after police received calls from people that had come to the garage to put a padlock on a door.
“She pulled one of the boards off the back and the smell got really strong, so she called the cops,” Nicole Mulvaney previously told News Center 7.
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Mulvaney said her sister in law came to the home she owns to secure the garage, but an overwhelming odor made her call for help.
Last week, Van Voorhis was arrested after a police pursuit that started in the Lima-area and lasted an hour before ending on a county road in Shelby County. When arrested, he was only described as a suspect wanted in a Dayton homicide.
Van Voorhis is still listed as an inmate in the Allen County Jail, according to online jail records.
We’ll update this story as we learn more.
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