Body of man discovered in Akron woods ID’d as former inmate released from prison weeks before he was found

SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) – The man whose badly decomposed body was found in late September in a wooded area in Akron has been identified, according to the Summit County Medical Examiner.

The man is 36-year-old Jacob Paul Weisgarber.

Weisgarber’s body was discovered in the woods near a parking lot at 1 Gojo Plaza in Akron.

In November of 2024, Weisgarber was sentenced to a year in prison after pleading guilty to resisting arrest, obstructing official business, aggravated menacing, and inducing panic for the September incident…

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