KENTON, Ohio (WLIO) — Two men are in custody after a missing persons investigation led authorities to the body of a 32-year-old Kenton man Thursday morning in rural Hardin County.
Antonio Smith, of Columbus, and James Roton Jr., of Marion, were booked into the Multi-County Correctional Center in Marion, according to a joint release from the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office and the Kenton Police Department. Charges against both men are pending.
Kenton police launched an investigation Oct. 23 after a family member reported that Seth Rigdon had been missing for several days.
Detectives from the Kenton Police Department and the Hardin County Sheriff’s Office followed leads to Marion, where they arrested Smith and Roton with assistance from the Marion Police Department.
On Thursday morning, investigators were directed to a rural area in the 21000 block of County Road 230 in Hardin County, where they located Rigdon’s body.
The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation was called to assist local detectives at the scene. Authorities said the investigation remains ongoing.
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