Updated: 2:43 PM EST January 27, 2021
ASHLAND, Ohio Police in Ashland County are investigating after a woman s body was found in a wooded area on Wednesday.
According to Ashland Police Chief David Marcelli, the investigation into the case started early Tuesday morning, when dispatchers received a call from a family member that a male relative had admitted to killing a female he met at a bar in Ashland.
Later on Tuesday, officers received a report about a missing Mansfield woman who was last seen at a bar in Ashland on Monday evening and had left with a White male. Detectives tracked the man down in Cleveland and brought him back to Ashland for questioning. He is being held pending possible charges.