UPDATE @10 a.m. 3/17/2015
Eric Cason was arraigned today on charges of felonious assault, intimidation of a crime victim or witness and resisting arrest.
Cason is scheduled to be back in court at the end of the month.
The investigation into the death of Jamie Volk, who was found dead in her home one day after she was allegedly assaulted by Cason, continues.
UPDATE @ 7:07 p.m 3/5/2015
A woman was found dead Thursday inside her Dayton home one day after police were called there because she was reportedly being assaulted by her boyfriend.
The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office is expected to perform an autopsy Friday on 28-year-old Jamie Volk. Family members found her body inside a home in the 200 block of Pritz Avenue Thursday afternoon. Dayton police Lt. Wendy Stiver confirmed police are investigating, but said it is too early to determine whether the death is suspicious.
Police were called to the same home Wednesday morning after Volk’s 11-year-old son called 911 from a neighbor’s home. The boy said his mother and brother were being assaulted by her boyfriend. Police responded and pursued Eric Cason, 33, who took off running from the home. Officers caught up with him and had to use a Taser to get him into custody.
Cason was booked into Montgomery County Jail on domestic violence and resisting arrest charges. He remained in jail Thursday night on $4,000 bond, but must only post 10 percent of that to be released, according to jail records. He has a scheduled court appearance Friday afternoon.
Stiver confirmed he is a suspect in the assault, but said it’s unknown if the assault is related to Volk’s death.
Volk told officers Cason threw her into the TV and then threw her onto the bed, according to a police report. She also told police that Cason jumped on top of her and started choking her for about one or two seconds. She said he also hit her at least once in the face. Officers reported she had red marks on her face and neck, according to the report.
Police did not say whether Volk was checked by medics after the assault, nor if she went to the hospital.
UPDATE @ 1:25 p.m. 3/5/2015
A woman’s body was found inside a home in the 200 block of Pritz Avenue in Dayton Thursday just one day after a reported assault at her home.
Coroner’s office investigators and Dayton homicide detectives are on the scene. Dayton Lt. Wendy Stiver said family members found the woman.
Early Wednesday morning, police were called to the woman’s home after her young son called 9-1-1 from a neighbor’s home stating his mother and brother were being assaulted. Police responded and quickly pursued Eric Cason, 33, who took off running from the home.Officers caught up with him and had to use a Taser to get him into custody.
Cason was booked into Montgomery County jail on domestic violence and resisting arrest charges. He remains in jail today, awaiting a court appearance on Friday, March 6.
Police do not know how the woman died or how long she was deceased.
Continue to check this site for more updates.
FIRST REPORT 3/4/2015
An 11-year-old boy called police early Wednesday morning to report a man assaulting his mother and choking his brother in the 200 block of Pritz Avenue.
Police arrived at the door and the suspect, Eric Cason, slammed and locked the door on the Dayton police officers.
Cason, 33, ran out the back door as two officers followed, chasing him several blocks, down alleys and over fences.
At one point police were able to stop Cason, who ripped his shirt as he managed to get away again. One officer used her Taser, but only one of the two probes made contact so Cason continued to run. Eventually, an officer cut him off and used a Taser to stop him. Cason later reportedly refused to comply and was hit with a Taser again, according to a Dayton police report.
Back at the residence, the woman who was assaulted told police that she and Cason got into an argument, when he started to break items in the house. He broke her son’s computer tablet and grabbed the boy by the back of the neck, shoving him out of the way. She stated that he “threw her into the TV and then threw her onto the bed.” She told police that Cason jumped on top of her and started to choke her for about one or two seconds. She said he also hit her at least once in the face, according to the report.
The police report says the woman’s 11-year-old son ran to a neighbor’s house to call for help, and returned only after police arrived.
Cason was taken to a hospital to be checked after he was hit by the Tasers. At the hospital, the officer reports Cason was caught trying to hide marijuana in his rectum.
He was arrested and taken to Montgomery County Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of two counts of felony domestic violence; misdemeanor counts of tampering with evidence, obstructing official business and resisting arrest; and felony arrest warrant out of Warren County, online jail records show. He is scheduled to appear in court Thursday afternoon.