Chad Matthew Eison
Chad Matthew Eison, 24, of Princeton, Kentucky, died after he was found hanging from a bed sheet in his cell at the Caldwell County Jail on August 22, 2005. Jailer Jim Blackburn said the death was an apparent suicide. Eison was airlifted to Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he died about ten hours later. He was a member of Shephard Street Baptist Church and is survived by his mother, a brother and two sisters. A Kentucky State Police investigation into his death was continuing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Jailer Jim Blackburn said Eison apparently hanged himself in his cell; Kentucky State Police investigated the death.
Reported by: Jailer Jim Blackburn, Caldwell County Jail (the agency that held him); Kentucky State Police (outside investigators).