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14-Year-Old Who Vanished on His Way to School Found Dead in a Chimney, Police Believe (Ohio)
NTD News ^ | January 14, 2020 | Staff

Posted on 01/14/2020 10:51:47 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin

Almost a month after Harley Dilly disappeared on his way to school, police believe the Port Clinton, Ohio, boy’s body has been found in a chimney.

“This is not the outcome anyone wanted, but … we have some closure for the family,” Port Clinton Police Chief Robert Hickman said Tuesday.

Harley, 14, was last seen on Dec. 20 in Port Clinton as he left for school between 6 and 7 a.m., police said.

At least 75 law enforcement agencies have scoured more than 150 acres with helicopters, trained dogs and search-and-rescue teams, Port Clinton police said.

During another sweep of the area Monday, authorities zeroed in on a vacant summer home that was undergoing renovation.

There were no signs of forced entry to the house, and there was a lockbox for keys, Hickman said.

Police went in and discovered a tragic scene.

“Harley’s coat, glasses were discovered on the second floor of the house next to a brick chimney,” Hickman said.

“We were then able to discover what we believe to be Harley, who was caught in the chimney.”

Since his disappearance, Hickman has posted daily updates in the search effort on the Department’s official Facebook page. Harley’s photo also became the page’s profile picture.

An autopsy was being performed Tuesday to confirm the body’s identity and the cause of death.

“This appears to be an accident,” the police chief said.

“It appears Harley climbed an antenna tower to the roof and entered a chimney. Once in the chimney, Harley’s jacket and glasses were pushed from the chimney, through a flue, and into the second floor of the house. The chimney was blocked between the second and first floor, which trapped Harley.”

It was not clear why the boy may have tried to enter the chimney.


TOPICS: Hobbies; Local News; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: burglar; chimney; christmas; darwinawards; harleydilly; ohio; portclinton; teenburglar
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To: MinuteGal

the article states it is a vacant summer home...


41 posted on 01/14/2020 12:00:46 PM PST by heavy metal (your reward will be in heaven not on your paycheck...)
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To: 1Old Pro; Jeff E

3 days without water, unless he froze to death first. It’s winter and Ohio.

Rule of 3: 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without heat in freezing temps, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.


42 posted on 01/14/2020 12:09:30 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: heavy metal
Thanks. I missed that, doh....

Leni

43 posted on 01/14/2020 12:10:26 PM PST by MinuteGal (MAGA !!! MAGA !!! MAGA !!!)
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To: Valpal1
Rule of 3: 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without heat in freezing temps, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.

Good one.

44 posted on 01/14/2020 12:12:43 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: jeffc

3 days without water, unless he froze to death first. It’s winter and Ohio.

Rule of 3: 3 minutes without air, 3 hours without heat in freezing temps, 3 days without water, 3 weeks without food.


45 posted on 01/14/2020 12:14:41 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: Valpal1

I wish God would save us from our foolish mistakes and rid this planet of disease, it’s just all so awful


46 posted on 01/14/2020 12:16:17 PM PST by GulfMan
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

White kids can most assuredly be punks.


47 posted on 01/14/2020 12:19:01 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (The Rats Can't Get Over The Fact That They Lost A Rigged Election)
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To: Manly Warrior

I’m not talking about nanny codes, just securing your own home from intruders, and avoiding liability for “attractive nuisances”. My house has no un-closable openings big enough for a human to get in (otherwise we’d be full of bears, squirrels, raccoons, possums, mice, and who knows what).


48 posted on 01/14/2020 12:27:26 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: lodi90

I did too. Jumped off a lot of roofs...a few times with an umbrella. I’m really surprised I survived my childhood and was terrified when I had two boys-remembering what I did as a youngster.


49 posted on 01/14/2020 12:51:13 PM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“”It was not clear why the boy may have tried to enter the chimney.””

Because it was there.


50 posted on 01/14/2020 12:57:07 PM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

I have been following this story since he went missing and am heartbroken over what happened to him. He was a good kid with parents that couldn’t be bothered to report him missing for nearly two days. He had told his mother he wasn’t feeling well and wanted to stay home but she couldn’t be bothered to get her ass out of bed and check on him, automatically said no through a closed door. When the school called to report him absent, she ignored the call. Apparently, he tried to get into the vacant house to hide out for the day. He had a youtube channel and people had gotten to know him thru his videos. RIP Harley.


51 posted on 01/14/2020 1:01:26 PM PST by dougherty (I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. - Michelangelo)
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To: 1Old Pro

3 weeks without food, more like 3 days without water.


52 posted on 01/14/2020 1:04:48 PM PST by Boogieman
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Family had issues...

Authorities initially thought Dilly may have run away from home because his family had said he would sometimes spend a night away from home when angry.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/missing-ohio-teen-found-chimney


53 posted on 01/14/2020 1:10:18 PM PST by conservative98
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To: dougherty

That is just heart breaking. I hope his mother lives a very long, very lonely life.


54 posted on 01/14/2020 1:26:09 PM PST by Valpal1
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To: carriage_hill

Likely became stuck and pushed his clothing out the flue in hopes that someone would see it and investigate.

He was too big to get through the flue himself.

Terrible way to go.


55 posted on 01/14/2020 1:38:46 PM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

Terrible is putting it mildly.

Besides, only Santa gets up and down all chimneys with ease.


56 posted on 01/14/2020 1:44:30 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Chewbarkah

Many twps/ctys do have such code; apparently this one didn’t, or during the rehab project, it was removed. Who knows?


57 posted on 01/14/2020 1:49:04 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Incredibly sad. I did so many crazy things as a kid, I am only here through God’s grace and luck. Prayers for his soul and his parents.


58 posted on 01/14/2020 1:52:10 PM PST by neverevergiveup
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Something similar happened at Cornell University in 1993. A member of the senior class went missing during winter break. When members of one of the fraternity houses returned to campus they decided to light a fire. When they opened the flue, the missing student’s pants and shoes fell into the fireplace. The missing student, who was last seen in an extremely drunken condition, had died from asphyxiation from prolonged bending of the neck, according to the coroner’s autopsy report. The body was found about ten feet from the top of the chimney, which had to be partially disassembled to remove the corpse. The incident was reported in the New York Times and elsewhere. Terrifying and lonely way to die.


59 posted on 01/14/2020 1:57:41 PM PST by Atticus
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

“I could never resist an abandoned building as a kid”

me neither. but i always had enough sense to not do things what would get me killed, like going down a chimney, stepping through rotten floorboards, etc.


60 posted on 01/14/2020 2:10:46 PM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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