Reagan Tokes, an Ohio State University psychology student who vanished after leaving her work Wednesday night, was murdered, police confirmed.
Tokes, 21, was last seen at Bodega bar in the Short North Arts District around 9:45 P.M on Wednesday. Tokes’ body was found on Thursday afternoon near the main entrance to Scioto Grove Metro Park, around 15 minutes south of Bodega Bar. The victim had been shot dead, police said.
Via Dispatch:
Grove City police Lt. Brian Davidson said it appeared that the woman, in her 20s, had been fatally shot and they were investigating it as a homicide. The woman did not have identification on her, Davidson said, and he would not discuss where she was shot or how many times.
Davidson said investigators had an idea who the victim was, but positive identification still needed to be made by the Franklin County coroner’s office. When the coroner’s office establishes her identity, he said, police officers will notify her family.
Police put out a description over the radio of the woman’s vehicle Thursday night, saying it was missing and possibly stolen when she was shot. The vehicle is described as a silver, 1999 Honda Acura with four doors. The license number is Ohio FGR 8547. The vehicle had Miami Dolphins and Block O (Ohio State) stickers in the window.
Grove City police initially received a call at 1:10 P.M. that someone had found the body about 100 to 150 yards from the park’s entrance.
While police have yet to link Tokes with the body found at Scioto Grove Park, her uncle confirmed Tokes’ death in a Facebook post. He said Reagan’s body was found Thursday afternoon but did not directly connect it to the body found at Scioto Grove Metro Park.
On Wednesday, Tokes’ sister Makenzie told The Tab that Reagan had been seen approaching her car on security cameras, but it wasn’t clear whether she reached the vehicle. She also said the last message delivered to Reagan’s phone was sent at 10:30 P.M. EST Wednesday night, however, there was no reply.
“She was supposed to contact us after her shift last night and did not,” Makenzie said. “We assumed she went home and slept but we weren’t able to get through her phone this morning and her roommates said she didn’t come home.
I reached out to her roommates this afternoon to find out they hadn’t seen her or heard from her since before her shift last night.”
Police are asking anyone with information to call 614-277-1710.
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