Deaths in Custody
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Ronald Abels

44 years old · died July 9, 2009 · Mercer County Jail, Mercer County, Ohio

Ronald Abels, 44, died on July 9, 2009, while held at the Mercer County Jail in Mercer County, Ohio. A news report lists the cause of death as suicide. The available record gives no further account of the circumstances, of who he was to his family or community, or of how the jail responded before his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news report.

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