Nathan Blake Nixdorf
Nathan Blake Nixdorf, 30, was a married father of two. According to Lancaster County Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni, he attempted suicide by hanging in a cell at Lancaster County Prison on May 16, 2014, and died two days later. The prison board chairman said the death was being investigated internally and by city police, and that it was the second hanging death at the prison in about a month. A later LancasterOnline report said he was alone in a two-man cell when he tried to take his life, and that he died late on a Friday night.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni said Nixdorf died by hanging, a suicide, two days after he attempted suicide in his cell.
Reported by: Coroner Dr. Stephen Diamantoni (medical examiner or coroner).