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Thomas Rochow

50 years old · died July 6, 2016 · Darke County Jail, Darke County, Ohio

Thomas Rochow, 50, of Greenville, died at the Darke County Jail in July 2016 and was pronounced dead at the facility. He was held in a single-occupancy cell, and the sheriff's office said he was found unresponsive on his bed on the Wednesday morning of his death. Investigators said they found no traumatic injury, assault, or use of force. The Darke County Coroner's Office lists cardiac arrest as the cause, pending lab and toxicology results, and his body was sent to the Montgomery County Coroner's Office for forensic examination.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Darke County Coroner's Office and Sheriff's Office said he died of cardiac arrest, with the cause pending lab and toxicology results.

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

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