Boy heads out to milk cows on dairy farm, found buried dead in shallow grave

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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News, True Crime

4.2 • 8.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 April 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

A heartbreaking end to the search for missing teenager Jonathon Minard. The 14-year-old was found in a shallow grave in rural Ohio. He had gone missing while walking home from helping out a friend. Nancy's expert panel weighs in: Marc Klass: Founder, Klass Kids Foundation Joseph Scott Morgan: Forensics expert, and author of “Blood Beneath My Feet” Randall Kessler: Defense attorney, Emory Law School Trial Professor John Lemley: Crime online investigative reporter

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0:00.0	The
0:01.0	Crime
0:02.0	Stories
0:03.0	With Nancy Grace
0:04.0	I see I need a record by nephew of missing.
0:07.0	It's just something that you never think that would happen in this community.
0:19.4	It's something that you never want to do.
0:21.7	Joe Heppner made the call to the Sheriff's Office.
0:24.0	He said he walked into the house and went back out and he was gone.
0:28.7	It's not Jonathan to walk away.
0:30.8	The last time Jonathan Menard was seen was at a home in New Harersburg and the last
0:35.2	thing the family heard was that Jonathan took a break complaining of a toothache after
0:40.0	working on a farm nearby.
0:42.0	He didn't call home and he didn't return.
0:44.9	I haven't shot my porch light off.
0:48.1	It's been nearly a week since Jonathan went missing.
0:53.0	Hundreds showed up to search for the teen earlier this week.
0:56.8	The Sheriff's Office launched a criminal investigation calling the missing case suspicious.
1:01.4	They're also talking to a person of interest but stop short of releasing details.
1:06.4	Family members don't believe that Jonathan would have run away.
1:09.7	He's not one to take off.
1:13.2	He's a good kid.
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