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Michael Kilgore

24 years old · died April 7, 2019 · Lorain County Jail, Lorain County, Ohio

Michael Kilgore, 24, collapsed in his cell at the Lorain County Jail on Saturday, April 6, 2019, and died the next day at University Hospital Elyria Medical Center. The Lorain County Sheriff's office said detectives believe he suffered a drug overdose. The coroner has not yet determined a cause of death. Corrections officers and medical staff gave first aid before he was taken to the hospital.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The sheriff's office says detectives believe he suffered a drug overdose, though it gave no reasoning for that, and the coroner has not determined a cause of death.

Reported by: Lorain County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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