Akron, Ohio – A body found at the end of a days-long search for a nearly nine months pregnant woman is indeed hers, a medical examiner confirmed Sunday as investigators pieced together the case against a police officer accused of killing her.
The body found Saturday in a park was that of 26-year-old Jessie Davis, whose due date was July 3, the Summit County Medical Examiner’s office said. Bobby Cutts Jr., who authorities suspect is the father of the unborn child, is charged with two counts of murder.
The cause of death had not yet been determined, said Lisa Kohler, the Summit County medical examiner. Her office had said it might be difficult to determine the cause of death because of the advanced state of decomposition.
The fetus was still inside the woman’s womb, Kohler said as she left her office Sunday. She declined to comment further.
Confirmation of Davis’ identity had been announced on a recording from the medical examiner’s telephone hotline.
Davis, of Canton, was reported missing after her mother found Davis’ 2-year-old son, Blake, home alone, bedroom furniture toppled and bleach spilled on the floor. Blake gave investigators their first clues, saying: “Mommy was crying. Mommy broke the table.
Mommy’s in rug.” Thousands of volunteers searched for Davis for several days, while investigators questioned Cutts, 30, who is married to another woman. He is scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
Davis’ relatives have said they believed Cutts, also of Canton, was the father of both Blake and the unborn child.
Investigators have refused to comment on the circumstances surrounding the discovery of Davis’ body and Cutts’ arrest.
There was no immediate response to messages seeking comment Sunday from Davis’ family members and Cutts’ lawyer. Cutts’ pastor, the Rev. C.A. Richmond, declined to comment as he entered a services in Canton on Sunday.
