The autopsy for a runaway teen from Abraxas in Shelby, who was found dead March 5 in Columbus, shows the teen died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Montgomery County Medial Examiner’s Office.
The News Journal obtained the report through a public records request.
Butcher’s associated injuries included contusions/hemotoma of the scalp, fractures of the base of skull. The teen had abrasions of the left hand and left leg and contusions of the right arm, right knee an left leg, Susan L. Brown, forensic pathologist and deputy coroner for Montgomery County said in her report.
The teen ran away from the Abraxas youth treatment facility in Shelby on Feb. 20.
In a 911 call March 5 to the Columbus Police Department, a female said she had found a dead body in an alley between Eureka and Terrance avenues in Columbus.
Butcher previously was in foster care in Mansfield, according to his address listed on numerous sheriff’s reports.
On Feb. 20, the date Butcher fled Abraxas, a vehicle was believed to have been stolen from nearby Milliron Auto Recycling Business, 2175 Stiving Road. A Milliron employee on Feb. 22 confirmed that a vehicle was missing.
On Feb. 24, Richland County deputies learned that the stolen vehicle had been recovered by the Mansfield Police Department, according to a sheriff’s report.
The Ross County Sheriff’s Office contacted the Richland County Sheriff’s Office to relay information that Butcher’s aunt had contacted them and said her nephew had recently posted photos of himself with a handgun on social media.
Deputies also learned that Butcher had an active warrant through the Ross County Sheriff’s Office.
