Father of 5 missing for weeks; burned vehicle found more than 50 miles away from his home

WARREN, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) - An Ohio father has been missing for two weeks and his family is worried.

Juvar King, 46, has been missing since Feb. 4.

The family said they started to worry when the father of five didn’t show up to pick up his daughter from school.

“He’s always taking my sisters to school and picking them up,” his oldest daughter, Javanier King said. “He’s just a family guy. We never went this long without talking to him or seeing him. It’s like a movie, a nightmare we can’t wake up from.”

More than 50 miles away in Cleveland, King’s Buick was found burned and ditched at an illegal dumping site.

“It was a completely scorched,” resident Andrew Schmidt said. “You couldn’t even tell what color it was. Completely burned out. No glass, no interior, nothing.”

Cleveland police confirmed the burned car is connected to King.

“We’re waiting for them to contact the detective in Warren for the street cameras to see the routes where the car was,” Javanier King said.

Records show Cleveland police received an arson call the same day King went missing at the location where the car was later found.

The King family said their father’s phone last pinged his location near St. Clair Avenue and East 66th Place, about five miles from where his car was dumped.

“We’ve been non-stop going anywhere to check on any leads or where we think he could be,” Javanier King said.

Authorities said if anyone has further information on the case they can contact Warren detectives at 330-841-2505.