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James Cornelius "JC" "Trip" Merchant, a 28-year-old resident of Youngstown, Ohio, tragically lost his life on August 9, 2023. Initially, authorities investigated his death as a possible suicide after responding to a call about a deceased male in a car parked in the driveway of a home on Alameda Avenue on the North Side of Youngstown.
When police arrived at the scene around 8:49 a.m., they found Merchant slumped over the center console of the vehicle with a shattered driver's side window ...Read More
When police arrived at the scene around 8:49 a.m., they found Merchant slumped over the center console of the vehicle with a shattered driver's side window ...Read More
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James Merchant
Male
Black / African American
Youngstown
OH
2023-08-09
28
James
Merchant
Yes
11/25/2025







