'Boy in the attic' Jaylen Griffin was the FOURTH dead body found in Buffalo house of horrors in past four years - as 911 logs show cops received 160 complaints to address where sex offenders and criminals on parole lived

The house where the body of a 12-year-old boy was found has a chilling past.

Jaylen Griffin's body was discovered last Monday in the attic of 107 Sheffield Avenue in South Buffalo, New York when police discovered his badly-decomposed body in an attic, just months after his own mother's death. 

But this house of horrors has a dark history. Griffin was the fourth body found on the property over the last four years, according to WIVB.  

Local police records found that a call for a welfare check at 2:18 pm on June 23, 2020, resulted in the discovery of a dead body at the Upstate New York house. 

The house at 107 Sheffield Avenue (pictured) in South Buffalo, New York has a chilling past as seral reports have been made about dead bodies

Jaylen Griffin (pictured), 12, who mysteriously went missing nearly four years ago was discovered in the attic of 107 Sheffield Avenue

Records from 911 logs show that over the last four years, there have been four dead bodies found at the address in Buffalo, New York 

Separately, on September 11, 2022, a report of another dead body at 2:27 pm resulted in an arrest. 

Another dead body was found in the yard of the house a year later in August 2023 after a call was put into police at 5:27 am - making it the third gruesome discovery. 

The identities of these three bodies have yet to be revealed, and it is unclear if the cases which did not result in an arrest were treated as suspicious. DailyMail.com have contacted the local police for further information. 

The litany of eerie discoveries comes as it was revealed the address has a long history of troubled residents - including sex offenders and criminals out on parole.

Officials told WIVB that while the multi-room home is not an official halfway house, it has housed people recently out of prison. Jail records show that a sex offender lived in the property until last month. 

Neighbors, who chose to remain anonymous, told the outlet they have been in the area long enough to see the house frequently change tenants over the years.

107 Sheffield is owned by Sunrise West LLC, a company that has also been named co-defendant alongside Spectrum Health and Human Services and tenant Deanna Withrow in a 2022 negligence lawsuit.

The plaintiff, a next-door neighbor, claims that while Withrow and her friend were smoking, she tossed out clothing and other items that caught fire, causing $130,000 worth of damage to their house. 

Documents claim that as a result, the neighbor's house caught fire.

'Spectrum failed to properly and diligently to vet Ms. Withrow for the subject apartment, despite her propensity for smoking, and the need for Spectrum's services,' the records read. 

A spokesperson for Spectrum told WIVB that while they do not have a housing contract with Sunrise West LLC, they believe parolees have lived there in the past. The company is registered to a Hamburg post office box.

The identities of the other three bodies have yet to be revealed and it is unclear if these cases were treated as suspicious.

Neighbors confirmed that the house Griffin's body was found in has been of many police calls

Three bodies were found on the property of 107 Sheffield (pictured) on three separate occasions

Griffin was the most recent body found from that house, concluding a four-year investigation on April 12.  His body was so badly decomposed that authorities has to identify him using dental records.

Notably, 107 Sheffield is not where he and his family lived. Him and his family lived around five miles away from this house.

The development came too late for Jaylen's grieving mother, Joann Ponzo, who was laid to rest in September without knowing what had happened to her son. 

Ponzo, 48, died at Sisters of Charity Hospital after her health rapidly deteriorated.

It is unclear why she was sick, but friends and loved ones have said they suspect her illness was only aggravated by the loss of her children.

Three months after Jaylen's disappearance, Ponzo's elder son, 18-year-old Jawaan, was gunned down just steps away from the family home.

Kareema Morris, founder of Bury the Violence, worked closely with Ponzo before her death.

Ponzo showed Morris a drawing that she found in their house weeks after Jaylen's disappearance. It was scrawled with a message: 'I'm gone already.'

Jaylen was last seen leaving his home on Warren Avenue in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood. He told his mother that he was heading to a convenience store nearby.

A maintenance worker for 107 Sheffield sounded the alarm when he stumbled upon a body in the attic of the multi-unit home. The worker said he didn't smell decomposing matter.

The new 911 police logs show that the call was made at 10:19am. 

Homicide detectives arrived just before 10:30 a.m. and said they would need more time at the scene because of a 'dead on arrival.'

The mother of the 12-year-old boy Joann Ponzo (pictured) passed away before her son's body was discovered due to to illness and a 'broken heart' in September 2023

The discovery has left many people in the area wondering what happened and how did Griffin (pictured) end up dead in an attic

Griffin (pictured) was last seen leaving his home on Warren Avenue in the Broadway-Fillmore neighborhood. He told his mother that he was heading to a convenience store nearby.

The boy's body was so badly deteriorated that the medical examiner's office had to identify him using dental records

The Buffalo Police Department held a press conference on April 15.

'The body that was located in the house had been there for a significant amount of time,' Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia said.

While he was unable to elaborate on how long the body had been there, Gramaglia said it was so deteriorated that the medical examiner's office had to confirm Jaylen's identity using dental records.

'First and foremost, I do want to extend my sincerest sympathies to the family of Jaylen,' Gramaglia said.

'This department has conducted extensive searches and I want Jaylen's family to know that we are working diligently to bring the next closure for the family.'

District Attorney Mike Kane echoed Gramaglia's condolences.

'This is a young boy. He's 15 years old. This is a tragedy and it's a terrible way to bring this search to a conclusion,' he said.

Morris also spoke at the press conference, where she shared a statement from the family thanking the community's combined efforts to bring Jaylen home.

Jaylen would have turned 16 years old on April 22. A birthday memorial service was held in his honor.