Died in jail or a lockup
Michael James Dodd
Michael James Dodd, 51, was held at the Hamilton County Jail. The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in a shower in the jail's Delta 2 unit on a Thursday evening in early December 2023. The sheriff's office said he was taken to Erlanger East hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The sheriff's office describes the death as an apparent suicide and is investigating it at the direction of the district attorney.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
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.