LANSING, N.Y. (WHCU) – The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a person of interest in a homicide investigation.

Deputies responded to what was initially reported as an ‘unattended death’ on Mill Street in Lansing on the morning of March 5, 2023. Details at the scene prompted authorities to contact the Criminal Investigation Division and the Tompkins County Medical Examiner’s office to send 71-year-old Joseph West Jr.’s body for forensic testing.

Larry R. Walrad Jr.

Recently received autopsy results from Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton conclude West’s death was a homicide. The Sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help locating 52-year-old Larry Walrad Jr., of Lansing.

Authorities ask anyone who may have information as to Walrad’s whereabouts to contact them. They’re asking anyone with real-time information to his location to dial 911 immediately. Reports can be made anonymously.

Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office Tip Line

(607)-266-5420