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died April 7, 2019 · Lorain County Jail, Lorain County, Ohio

A man held at the Lorain County Jail in Ohio collapsed in his cell on the afternoon of Saturday, April 6, 2019, and was taken to University Hospital Elyria, where he died the next day, April 7. The Lorain County Sheriff's Office said his death is suspected to be a drug overdose. The county coroner had not confirmed the cause, and detectives were investigating.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of an overdose. The Lorain County Sheriff's Office says the death is suspected to be a drug overdose, and the coroner had not yet confirmed the cause.

Reported by: Lorain County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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