Brand Powell
Brand Powell, 32, was held at the Paulding County Jail and was being driven back from a psychiatric hospital on August 4, 2017, when he overpowered a deputy in the transport van and got away. After a multi-agency search, he was found on August 7 in a crawl space under his parents' home in Antwerp, Ohio, where officers tried to persuade him to come out. Paulding County Sheriff Jason Landers said Powell shot himself that evening, around 9:30 p.m., and died. The sheriff said the deputy fought as long as he could and that changes would be made to the transport vans, and the investigation was continuing the next morning.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Sheriff Jason Landers said Powell shot himself in a crawl space under his parents' home as officers tried to talk him into surrendering.
Reported by: Paulding County Sheriff Jason K. Landers (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.