In relation to the death of her lover, whose body was found in the Huron River months after he was reported missing, an Ohio woman has been charged and detained.
Dy Mond Vaden, 32, is charged with a number of offenses, including tampering with evidence, abusing a corpse, holding a firearm while disabled, and two counts of murder and felonious assault. The indictment was handed down following an investigation that connected Vaden to the death of 32-year-old George Cox Jr., according to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office.
Cox was last heard from on or around October 19, 2024, and his family reported him missing on November 8, 2024. The couple lived near Bosworth Road and Peony Avenue. When Cleveland police performed a welfare check, they discovered the flat almost completely empty and what looked to be blood on the floor. Vaden had since moved out, and forensic tests eventually verified it was Cox’s blood.
Months later, on May 15, 2025, kayakers in Erie County found a body bound with what detectives described as marine-style rope and wrapped in a fitted bed sheet in a shallow section of the Huron River. Cox was recognized as the deceased.
The bed sheet used to wrap the body was quickly identified by authorities as matching bedding from the couple’s previous home. Investigators claim phone records and other DNA evidence further linked Vaden to the crime, and blood found on clothes from Vaden’s new residence also matched Cox’s.
Vaden was found and taken into custody on July 21 at a new residence she shared with Emmanuel McQueen Jr., 41. A firearm was found at the site, according to the police. Additionally, McQueen was charged with one count of possessing a weapon while disabled.
The family of George Cox Jr. has been waiting for answers, and today they are one step closer to justice, said Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O. Malley, who complimented the detectives’ efforts. Thankfully, CDP homicide investigators are more intelligent and well-trained than Dy Mond Vaden believes, which benefits both his family and the State of Ohio.
The cause of Cox’s death is still unknown. At this time, Vaden’s court proceedings are not set.
