Patrick Leonard
Patrick Leonard, 47, was held at a prison in Ohio when he was found hanging in his cell on March 5, 2017. He was pronounced dead at Adena Hospital in Chillicothe. The Ohio State Highway Patrol report says he killed himself, and the Ross County coroner's office gave strangulation as the preliminary cause. Neither agency has said what he used, and the state prisons department has withheld details until the patrol's full report is complete.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Ohio State Highway Patrol report says he killed himself, and the Ross County coroner's office gave strangulation as the preliminary cause.
Reported by: Ohio State Highway Patrol (outside investigators); Ross County coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner).