COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Division of Police has released the name of a man who was found badly burned inside an east Columbus strip club last year.
The Columbus Division of Fire was called to the Confidential Gentlemen's Club, located on Lake Club Drive near East Livingston Avenue and Brice Road, at approximately 6 a.m. on Dec. 17 on a report of a fire.
As crews were extinguishing the flames inside the building, they found the man's badly burned body. On Monday, police said the body was identified as 46-year-old Jonathan Pryor.
In December, Sgt. James Fuqua said all indications led investigators to believe Pryor was set on fire intentionally.
"This fire was very, very brutal. This person sustained very, very bad burns to the point where they are honestly unrecognizable," Sgt. James Fuqua said.
The Franklin County Coroner’s Office ruled Pryor’s death a homicide.
Pryor’s death was the 194th homicide to occur in the city of Columbus in 2021.
Anyone with information regarding the man's death is asked to call Columbus Police Homicide Unit at (614)-645-4730 or Central Ohio Crime Stoppers at (614)-461-TIPS (8477).