John Eichner
John Eichner, 43, was held at the Ottawa County Jail in Port Clinton, Ohio, when he died on Saturday, June 12, 2021. According to the Ottawa County Sheriff's Office, a deputy found him in his cell during a lockdown and security check with a ligature around his neck, and he was taken to Magruder Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Sheriff Stephen Levorchick said the death appeared to be a suicide, that Eichner had attempted suicide about a month earlier, and that he was no longer on suicide watch. The sheriff also said Eichner had a counseling appointment the day before he died. The sheriff's office and the coroner's office are investigating the death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Ottawa County Sheriff Stephen Levorchick says Eichner died by suicide, using socks tied together as a noose, and the sheriff's office and coroner are investigating.
Reported by: Ottawa County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Ottawa County Sheriff Stephen Levorchick (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.
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