Arnoldo "A.J." Lerma, Jr.
Arnoldo "A.J." Lerma, Jr., 31, died on June 7, 2018, after he was found by corrections officers in his cell at the Lucas County jail in Ohio, where he was held as a sentenced person. The Lucas County Sheriff's Office said he was found attempting to hang himself just before 5 a.m. and that paramedics were called, and he was pronounced dead at Mercy Health St. Vincent Medical Center. The sheriff's office said he had not been on suicide watch and had shown no signs he was suicidal. The sheriff's office said the death was an apparent suicide, and the investigation was in its preliminary stages.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Lucas County Sheriff's Office said he tried to hang himself in his cell, was not on suicide watch, and showed no signs he was suicidal.
Reported by: Lucas County Sheriff's Office (Internal Affairs Capt. Richard Grove) (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.