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Raymond Walters Jr.

34 years old · died November 16, 2021 · Montgomery County Jail, Montgomery County, Ohio

Raymond Walters, 34, died on November 16, 2021, at Miami Valley Hospital after being held at the Montgomery County Jail in Ohio. The sheriff's office said staff took him for medical assessment after suspecting he had taken an unknown substance. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office later attributed his death to methamphetamine intoxication and ruled it accidental, while the sheriff's Special Investigations Unit opened a criminal investigation and an internal review, and those results had not been announced in the reports reviewed.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Montgomery County Coroner's Office attributed the death to methamphetamine intoxication and ruled it accidental, while the sheriff's office said jail staff suspected he had taken an unknown substance and sent him to the hospital.

Reported by: Montgomery County Coroner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Montgomery County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).

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