Crime & Safety

Cryptic Text Sends Worried Man to Bath Police Station

Information provided by the Bath Township Police Department.

On Aug. 14 around 12:30 a.m., a Fryman Drive man got an alarming text message on his phone:

"I hid the body, it's done and over with," the text said, according to a report.

Bath police Chief Mike McNeely said he was able to trace the number to Athens County, Ohio, and he contacted the local police.

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"They don't have any unsolved crimes there right now," McNeely said. "But they are aware of the text."

Have you ever gotten a text that wasn't meant for you? What did it say?

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