Joseph Boden
Joseph Boden, 37, died at the Lorain County Jail in March 2016. His wife, Jessica, described him as someone who could make anybody laugh and change the mood of a room. The sheriff's office said corrections officers had last seen him alert and standing during an 11 p.m. head count, and that he was found in need of help in his housing unit around 11:30 p.m. on March 20, 2016. He was taken to University Hospitals Elyria Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, and the Lorain County medical examiner's office later ruled that a fentanyl overdose caused his death. A detective reportedly said another person held at the jail alerted guards and that he had no pulse when CPR was performed.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Lorain County medical examiner's office ruled that a fentanyl overdose caused his death.
Reported by: Lorain County medical examiner's office (medical examiner or coroner); Lorain County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).