Little known a month after politician’s death
It’s been a month since a missing Medina County township trustee was found dead in a lake, and investigators have yet to determine how he died.
Medina County Coroner Lisa Deranek said at a news conference on Feb. 23 — two days after Bryon Macron’s body was discovered floating in Chippewa Lake — that Macron’s autopsy report would be complete in two weeks. March 9 marked two weeks since the news conference.
Contacted Monday, Deranek said she has reached out to the Cuyahoga Medical Examiner’s Office, which handled the autopsy for Medina. Investigators told her Cuyahoga’s cases have taken precedence over Medina’s cases.
“We have nothing yet,” she said. “The autopsy report isn’t done, and the toxicology report isn’t done.”
In the meantime, authorities will not release more information about Macron’s death.
Until more information is released, the public is left to speculate on what happened to Macron, 45.
What’s known is that Macron went missing on Dec. 16.
He left his home in Lafayette Township early that morning, though authorities won’t say how early.
At about 7:30 a.m., a township employee discovered Macron’s office at the township hall in disarray. Using OnStar services, authorities discovered his vehicle in a parking lot next to the frozen lake where Macron’s body was later discovered.
Investigators found blood in his office and the vehicle, but have refused to say how much or where specifically it was found. Prior to his body’s discovery, they labeled the case “suspicious.”