YOUNGSTOWN Youngstown Police have identified a body found on Thursday as that of a man who was reported missing.

According to a police report, officers were called to the 600 block of Almyra Avenue in Youngstown for a dead body found under a thorn bush.

Police say the body was found when someone was cleaning up the property and found the body decomposing in the backyard. It is unknown how long the body had been there before it was found.

The coroner had identified the body as that of George Westhead, who had been reported missing.

At this time, the cause and manner of Westhead's death are unknown.

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