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Matthew A. Bahr

36 years old · died September 30, 2019 · Pickaway County Jail, Pickaway County, Ohio

Matthew Bahr, 36, of Reynoldsburg, died while held at the Pickaway County Jail in Ohio on September 30, 2019. The Pickaway County Sheriff's Office said corrections officers found him hanging in his cell during a check at about 12:29 a.m., and that he was pronounced dead later at OhioHealth Berger Hospital. The sheriff's office described the death as a suicide by hanging. The county coroner is investigating the death, and a detective has been assigned to review staff conduct.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pickaway County Sheriff's Office says Bahr died by suicide by hanging in his cell, found during a routine check.

Reported by: Pickaway County Sheriff's Office (Sheriff Robert Radcliff) (the agency that held him); county coroner.

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