James Johnson
James Johnson, 51, died on June 2, 2023, at the Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio, where he was held. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating his death as a homicide, according to the Mansfield News Journal. The Montgomery County Medical Examiner's Office deputy coroner, Dr. Mary Goolsby, attributed his death to blunt force injuries to the head. Incident reports cited by the News Journal said he appeared to have been assaulted, and who was responsible has not been publicly identified.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating the death as a homicide, and Montgomery County deputy coroner Dr. Mary Goolsby attributed it to blunt force injuries to the head; incident reports cited by the News Journal say he appeared to have been assaulted.
Reported by: Ohio State Highway Patrol (outside investigators); Montgomery County Medical Examiner's Office deputy coroner Dr. Mary Goolsby (medical examiner or coroner); News Journal, citing incident reports (reporters).