{"id":316978,"date":"2026-08-09T00:14:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316978\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T00:14:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T00:14:12","slug":"search-for-suspect-in-orange-county-n-y-homicide-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/316978\/","title":{"rendered":"Search for suspect in Orange County, N.Y., homicide continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A search continued Saturday for the suspect in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/manhunt-homicide-greenville-orange-county-state-police-ny\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">a homicide in Orange County<\/a>, New York.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Police say Thomas Ryan, 32, is wanted in connection to the death of his 70-year-old father.<\/p>\n<p>He is believed to be driving his father&#8217;s gray 2016 Toyota Prius with New York license plate HNH-7671. Investigators say Ryan is also known to travel by train.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who believes they see Ryan or the vehicle is asked to call 911. If you see him, do not approach him and use extreme caution.<\/p>\n<p>According to relatives, Ryan has struggled with mental health issues and has a criminal history.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/aiello-11p-pkg-greenvil-wcbsioif-hi-res-still.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Thomas Ryan \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  Thomas Ryan and the vehicle authorities believe he was driving<\/p>\n<p>                New York State Police<\/p>\n<p>According to state police, troopers responded to a report of a structure fire at a home on Greenville Turnpike in Greenville around 7:30 p.m. Thursday. After putting out the flames, crews found Ryan&#8217;s father&#8217;s body inside the house. Investigators determined the fire was started intentionally.<\/p>\n<p>Surveillance video timestamped just after 6:30 p.m. Thursday shows Ryan walking into his father&#8217;s house, then later running out just before 7:15 p.m. after what sounds like an explosion.<\/p>\n<p>State police say Ryan has not been living with his father and has no other known current ties to Greenville.<\/p>\n<p>According to state police, Ryan &#8220;lived a transient lifestyle&#8221; and has stayed at different shelters across New York state.<\/p>\n<p>New York State Police are working with multiple agencies, including the NYPD and FBI, on the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>State police say investigators are canvassing the area surrounding Ryan&#8217;s father&#8217;s home and will be knocking on residents&#8217; doors in search of surveillance video that may show Ryan&#8217;s movements. Greenville residents, along with residents in neighboring communities, are asked to check any surveillance footage for suspicious activity after 6 p.m. Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A search continued Saturday for the suspect in a homicide in Orange County, New York. New York State&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":316979,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,779],"class_list":["post-316978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-orange-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=316978"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/316978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/316979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=316978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=316978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=316978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}