JACKSON TWP. A 43-year-old man was found dead at noon Saturday in the north parking lot of the Ron Marhofer Buick GMC dealership on Whipple Avenue NW.
Stark County Coroner's investigator Rick Walters said the man apparently was trying to steal wheels from an SUV at the dealership when the GMC Yukon fell off the jack, struck him in the head and crushed him. Walters identified him as Richard E. Ritch. He would have turned 44 next month. His driver's license listed him as living in the 3600 block of Millvale Avenue NE in Plain Township. But Walters said he no longer lived there and resided on 34th Street NE near Harmont Avenue NE either in Canton or Plain Township.
Coroner P.S. Murthy is scheduled to perform an autopsy of Ritch at noon Sunday.
The man apparently died sometime between 9 p.m. Friday and early Saturday morning.
Dealership employees initially did not see his body before they opened the dealership at 9 a.m. He was behind a row of vehicles.
After a vehicle that was blocking the view of the man's body was moved, a sales associate looking out the window spotted the man's body, sales manager Kyle Green said.
The vehicle had fallen on Ritch, pinning him, and one wheel had been removed from the vehicle, said Walters.
Green said the dealership staff immediately contacted police at the "obviously shocking" discovery and left the scene untouched.
He said the dealership stayed open as police investigated, and none of the business' operations were affected. He said the dealership's service department is inspecting the vehicle for any damage.
Walters said Jackson Township police led the investigation, assisted by the Stark County sheriff's office.
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