Police at Progressive

Cory Barron, 22, may have fallen into a fifth-level garbage chute at Progressive Field Friday night, Cleveland police said.

(Cory Shaffer, Northeast Ohio Media Group)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The dumpster Cory Barron was found in Tuesday at a Lorain County landfill came from Progressive Field, and was accessible by a fifth-level garbage chute.

Cleveland police special investigations Commander James Chura said Barron, a 22-year-old Fremont man who disappeared from a Jason Aldean concert at the Cleveland Indians ballpark Friday, may have crawled or fallen into an access point on the stadium's top level and plummeted to the dumpster below.

"It's quite a ways down," Chura said. "At least five or six stories."

The access point was near Barron's seats, in the upper deck on the stadium's northwest side, Chura said.

Barron's death is being investigated as a homicide until detectives and the Lorain County Coroner determine otherwise, Chura said. Detectives will review the stadium's surveillance video for clues on how Barron may have ended up in the dumpster.

A friend said Barron was extremely intoxicated when he was last seen, according to a police report.

Barron's concert ticket and wallet were still on him when his body was discovered, Chura said.

The Indians' front office released a statement regarding Barron's death Tuesday afternoon.

"The Cleveland Indians are saddened by the news of Cory Barron's untimely death and wish to extend their sincere condolences to the Barron family and friends. We are cooperating with the authorities in their investigation and do not have additional comment at this time."

Barron was last seen between 8 and 9 p.m. Friday at the stadium, and was reported missing to Cleveland police Saturday.

Employees at the Lorain County Landfill discovered Barron's body in a dumpster Tuesday. Barron's family had not left Cleveland since the concert Friday night.