NIMISHILLEN TWP., Oh. - An investigation is underway after Stark County Sheriff’s Deputies said a man's body was found outside of a gas station in Nimishillen Township. 

Nimishillen Township is located near Canton to the east.

At around 4:10 p.m. Tuesday, deputies were called to the Marathon Gas Station at 5085 Louisville Street northeast after a passerby saw the body near a storage building.

Upon arrival deputies located the body of 56-year-old Mark Billiter, who had been missing from the Glenwood Care and Rehabilitation Center since late Monday morning.

Canton Police Department sent out the alert that Billiter suffered from several health conditions including dementia and had been a resident at the rehabilitation facility. 

The Stark County Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate in cooperation with the Canton Police Department and the Stark County Coroner’s Office.

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Stark County Sheriff’s Office at 330-430-3800.

For more information, contact Michaela Madison, Public Information Officer at (330) 430-3889 or madison@starksheriff.org.