THE CONVICTED KILLER; WHO KILLED AGAIN; AND WAS FINALLY KILLED BY POLICE. DAVID MAYNARD, 54, OF IRONTON, OHIO; WENT ON CRIME RAGE IN FOUR COUNTIES THREE STATES STARTING WITH A MURDER IN IRONTON; AND ENDS IN HIM GETTING FATALLY SHOT BY STATE POLICE SWAT TEAM IN CEREDO, WEST VIRGINIA.
On Saturday afternoon, September 9, while the local Louisa and Lawrence County residents were enjoying this year’s Septemberfest, along with the many visiting out of town tourists who attended, a majority of whom were young people in what was a shocking turn of events, a specific out of state visitor was in Louisa.
A very disturbing criminal was lurking as close as a less than half mile away, a man who had served decades in prison for murder and who had just committed another murder of a family member the day before. This could have found our local community in the midst of of an even greater tragedy that would national headlines that Louisa & Lawrence County for all the horribly wrong reasons.
A game of rumor-rama swirled over the weekend locally and across the Tri-State region, about the events leading up to a police shootout that ended the life of an accused Ohio murder on Sunday morning in Ceredo, West Virginia.
Several West Virginia State Police troopers from the Huntington and Wayne detachments were assisting the Kenova Police Department with locating a suspect who was wanted for committing a murder in Ironton, Ohio.
David Michael Maynard, 54, of Ironton, Ohio, was also suspected of being involved with multiple felony offenses in Kentucky.
Police officers were unsuccessful in locating Maynard during the search.
West Virginia State Police Sergeant Scott Pennington stopped at the Ceredo Speedway and recognized and observed Maynard standing behind the counter with the clerk.
David Maynard pointed a pistol at the trooper while he was outside of the store and a hostage situation followed.
Numerous area law enforcement agencies responded to the scene along with a West Virginia State Police Special Response Team. Troopers said a hostage negotiator began negotiations with Maynard which resulted in two of the three hostages being released.
David Maynard then requested a blanket to be placed at the front door. Maynard then exited the door and engaged the Special Response Team members, resulting in shots being fired.
Medical officials rendered aid to David Maynard, and they then transported him to a nearby hospital, where he died from his injuries, according to troopers. No officers were injured during the incident and the third hostage was secure and safe.
For the Kentucky State Police, their major apprehension pertains to the uncertainty surrounding David Maynard’s journey from Tower Hill Drive to the Ceredo-Kenova region by around 5:00 P.M. The KSP’s predominant anxiety is whether David Maynard, capitalizing on the unsuspecting goodwill of a local, might have inflicted harm upon someone offering him a lift.
“We are asking if anyone saw David Maynard between 3:30 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.,” Trooper Shane Goodall said. “We don’t know, but if they did, we would appreciate them letting us know they are OK. Then we can determine that there’s nothing illegal and nobody is missing or hurt that we need to worry about; he terrorized a lot of people, and what scares us now is we can’t get that timeline put together of where he was.” Trooper Goodall stated that to date, law enforcement authorities have not found any vehicle in Ceredo, West Virginia or in Kentucky, that David Maynard may have discarded.
The Kentucky State Police Post 14 in Ashland, as well KSP Post 9 in Pikeville, had been deluged with tips and reports since the onset of the saga. One report that Maynard was on Route 645 and Route 3 in Martin County led officers to Inez around 5:00 P.M. on Saturday. They were on-scene on Route 645 when they got the call saying David Maynard had just been spotted in Kenova, West Virginia.
“There’s no sign that he was ever in any of those areas,” Trooper Shane Goodall said about the alleged Martin County sightings.
Goodall also dispelled widespread reports about a body found at a West Virginia swimming pond; and also another report about a body found inside a car in Wayne County.
“I spoke to the chief of police in Ceredo,” trooper Goodall confirmed. “There has been nobody located anywhere.
”With David Maynard appearing in three separate states and multiple counties (at least four counties for sure), Trooper Goodall said there had been “a lot of back and forth between the agencies trying to assemble everything.
”David Michael Maynard had a short but a severe criminal history. He served 30 years in prison in Lawrence County, Ohio, for a 1989 aggravated murder and robbery. He began serving two 20-years-to-life sentences in 1989 and was released on parole in November 2019.Trooper Shane Goodall urges anyone who saw David Maynard between 3:30 P.M. and 5:00 P.M.,on Saturday, or who gave him a ride, to please contact the KSP at 606-928-6421 or 606-694-5648 and let them know.
Lawrence County, Ky. Sheriff Chuck Jackson released a statement just before 12:00 P.M.Sunday about the David Maynard manhunt and conclusion:
The first abductee from Carter County who was still with Maynard at that time, escaped and freed herself. Maynard was reported to have fled the area in a dark colored sedan possibly with another woman, unknown direction of travel.
Law enforcement followed up with tips provided by the community until Maynard was confirmed to be in W.V. There have been no reports of other missing persons or stolen vehicles at this time.
This case remains under investigation and if you have any further information please contact the Kentucky state police or your local law enforcement.
That was painful. Not the Maynard situation but reading about it.
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