DAYTON — Neighbors are speaking out after sanitation workers found a body in a Dayton alley.
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As reported on News Center 7 Daybreak, officers responded to the 300 block of Smith Street around 8:45 a.m. on Wednesday after someone called 911.
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They said a waste collection crew found a body in the alley.
Police arrived at the scene. The Montgomery County Coroner’s Office identified the body as 59-year-old Talmadge Heard.
Neighbors told News Center 7 that they did not hear anything out of the ordinary.
“Typically, I walk my dog back here, but I just don’t know how I missed that dead body,” a person said.
“We’re better than this,” another neighbor said. “Condolences to the family.”
Dayton Police’s Homicide Unit is investigating this case.
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