John Edward Morris, 52, was found dead inside a residence on Coon Creek Road in Gandeeville, West Virginia, after authorities responded to a 911 call on the evening of April 25, 2016. West Virginia State Police and the Roane County Sheriff’s Department arrived at about 8:30 p.m. and discovered his body. The body was sent to the West Virginia medical examiner’s office while the agency worked to document cause and manner of death.

Morris was born October 6, 1963, and had lived and worked in several places, including jobs as a roofer, welder, and at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Michigan. Survivors named in reports include his wife Ruth Ann Underwood Morris of Spencer, daughter Holly Casto of Spencer, four grandchildren, his father John Floyd Morris, stepfather Dempsey Gene Younce and brother Michael Morris; his mother Barbara Broglin Younce and sister Virginia Luperna predeceased him. Family chose cremation with no visitation or funeral service planned.

Did anyone in the area know John Morris or have information about his activities in the days before April 25, 2016?