Murder charges were not filed last week against a father and son arrested in the death of an unidentified man, whose body was found Dec. 24 on the rocks near the Ocean Beach pier. The son was released Dec. 28 from jail, though his father was held on a parole violation.
Wilford Lohr, 59, was identified as a fugitive wanted in Ohio. An extradition hearing was set for this week, said the sheriff’s department. Lohr’s son Matthew, 22, also spent Christmas in jail following his Dec. 24 arrest but was freed after the District Attorney’s office declined to file charges against him or his father.
“We didn’t issue charges at this time,” said District Attorney spokesperson Gail Stewart. She added that the office does not comment on instances involving dropped charges.
The county medical examiner’s office said it is trying to determine the dead man’s next of kin and would not release his name until his family was notified. It also declined to state a cause of death, though the murder was deemed suspicious by police due to the condition of the body.
A passerby at the foot of Narragansett Street found the body at 7 a.m. Christmas eve. Police are investigating the incident and said the Lohrs are from West Virginia and were in San Diego for a week looking for work before they were arrested.