COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police has identified the victim in a Saturday morning homicide as a 14-year-old boy.
According to police, the boy's body was found around 8 a.m. in an alley behind a home in the 300 block of South Terrace Avenue, just north of Fremont Street.
Police received a call at 7:54 a.m., and Brylan Butcher was pronounced dead at the scene at 8:02 a.m.
According to the Richland County Sheriff's Office, Butcher was reported as a runaway from the Abraxas youth treatment facility less than two weeks before his death. It's not clear how he escaped.
There is no information on a suspect.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the Columbus Police Homicide Unit at 614-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614) 461-TIPS (8477).
This marks the 20th homicide in the city of Columbus this year.