Authorities in Ohio have released the identity of a man found at an abandoned car wash.
The Franklin County Coroner's Office announced Friday that the body found at the car wash was identified through fingerprints as 53-year-old Christopher M. Coleman. First reported by WCMH.
According to WCMH, Colman's body was found inside the former Super Wash in the 1500 block of Holt Road in the Georgesville Square Shopping Plaza.
Police found Coleman's “heavily decomposed” body at one of the car washes on Wednesday night.
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The man whose “heavily decomposed” body was found in an abandoned car wash has been identified as 53-year-old Christopher M. Coleman. (WCMH/Franklin County Sheriff's Office)
Officials told WCMH that the car wash had a chain-link fence surrounding the property and had been abandoned for several years.
Coleman, who was reportedly homeless, had a criminal history.
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Franklin County Sheriff's deputies at a crime scene in Ohio. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office Facebook)
He was alive a month ago when he was charged with disorderly conduct in Franklin County Municipal Court, WCMH reported.
The fingerprints used to identify Coleman matched those taken on September 11, three days after his arrest.
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Authorities responded Wednesday night to a report of a body found at an abandoned car wash. (Franklin County Sheriff's Office Facebook)
Coleman has also been charged nearly 25 times in municipal court. Including robbery charges In 2016, it took place at West Columbus Huntington Bank.
An autopsy was ordered to determine the cause of Coleman's death.
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The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Franklin County Sheriff's Office for comment, but did not immediately receive a response.
