Body found in shooting death

RAY, Ohio - Authorities will use dental records to determine whether remains discovered near the body of a college student are those of a man who disappeared almost eight months ago.

Greg L. Julious, 20, was last seen alive with Gregory B. McKnight, who is being investigated in the shooting death of Kenyon College student Emily Murray, The Columbus Dispatch reported.

Julious' girlfriend, Dana Bostic, 22, said she last spoke to him by paging McKnight on May 12.

Julious told her he was in Columbus and planned to go to an Ohio State University block party, Bostic told the newspaper. She said that two days later, McKnight went to her house in Chillicothe looking for Julious. McKnight said they had not gone to the block party but instead drove around, ending up in Cincinnati with some of Julious' friends.

Vinton County Prosecutor Tim Gleeson said authorities are investigating the possible acquaintance between Julious and McKnight.

Authorities found the body of Murray, 20, of Shaker Heights, in a Cleveland suburb, wrapped in a carpet after seeing her car outside McKnight's trailer Dec. 9.

McKnight and Murray worked at a pizza restaurant near Kenyon in Gambier, about 80 miles north of Ray. Murray was last seen Nov. 3 after working her last scheduled shift at the Pirate's Cove.

The second set of remains could be those of Julious, but it's also possible that "he could be alive someplace," Cpl. Charles Boyer of the Vinton County sheriff's office, said yesterday.