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Body Found on Ohio River Identified as Missing Lexington Veteran

Few public details on how he died have been released, leaving his family searching for answers.

Overview

  • Clarksville police named the man Thursday as 54-year-old Jyronna “JD” Parker after a March 22 discovery on the Ashland Park shoreline.
  • A wallet was recovered, but the body’s condition blocked on-scene identification, and a dentist later confirmed the match using a jawbone and dental records.
  • Parker disappeared Oct. 17, 2025, when Lexington police issued a Green Alert for a missing veteran, a public notice used for missing service members, that was canceled the next month.
  • His son says the state of the remains may prevent learning what happened, and the family plans a funeral Friday at Kerr Brothers Funeral Home in Lexington.
  • Reporters have asked police to explain the canceled alert and to share cause-of-death findings, but no substantive updates have been released.