Found Deceased OH - Joseph 'Joey' Herring, 37, Martins Ferry, 9 Jan 2018

MARTINS FERRY — Every week Paul Herring drives around and puts up fresh posters on utility poles to let people know that his brother, Joey Herring, still is missing.

On the evening of Jan. 9, Joey Herring was pouring pop into cups during a birthday party for his son at his Broadway Street home in Martins Ferry, according to family members. He set down a 2-liter bottle and walked out the door. He never came back.

“I don’t know if he was getting air. A long time ago he was mixed up with the wrong people. His wife was sick. She just passed away recently,” Paul Herring said. “I don’t think it had to do with drugs or anything. I don’t know what happened. I wish I did.”

Paul Herring, a Tiltonsville resident, said he learned of his brother’s vanishing the next morning when he arrived at Joey’s home to pick him up for work at about 8 a.m. Paul Herring said he recently started a new business and his brother was excited about having a new job.

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The Martins Ferry Police Department is investigating the case and can be reached at 740-633-2121. Joey Herring has dark hair, a mustache and a goatee. He is 5 feet 8 inches tall with a thin build and no distinguishing marks on his body.

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MARTINS FERRY — West Virginia officials have identified the body found Sunday in the back channel of the Ohio River as a missing man from here.

The West Virginia Medical Examiner’s Office said Joseph Herring, 37, of Martins Ferry, was the man pulled from the southern bank of Wheeling Island. He had been missing since Jan. 9. The office said it used dental records to make the identification.

The Wheeling Police Department released the information late Thursday afternoon. Philip Stahl, public information officer for the department, wrote in his release that the cause and manner of Herring’s death remained unknown. However, he said, there were no obvious signs of foul play.

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