Christopher Dewayne Ohara
Christopher Dewayne Ohara, 62, died at the Hamilton County Jail in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on May 6, 2025. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said corrections officers called for medical help just before 5 a.m., and that preliminary findings suggest a medical event with no sign of foul play, trauma, or drug use. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died. An official investigation into his death is underway.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said preliminary findings suggest a medical event with no sign of foul play, trauma, or drug use, and an investigation is underway.
Reported by: Hamilton County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.