Body found in freezer near governor candidate's campaign office

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Connie Pillich’s campaign headquarters is about 50 yards away from Molly Malone’s Irish Pub where the body of a 20-year-old man was found in the freezer.

Pillich’s campaign is based at the Hamilton County Democratic Party office on Webbland Place, which is across a parking lot from the pub where the body of Brandon Chandler was found in a walk-in freezer by a fellow employee on Monday morning.

Pillich, a former state representative from Cincinnati, filed her campaign finance report the same day that the body was found.

Pillich is running in the primary against Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, former Congresswoman Betty Sutton and state Sen. Joe Schiavoni

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