Law would require coroners to investigate suspected suicides

COLUMBUS

County coroners would be required to investigate suspected suicides, under legislation being considered in the Ohio House.

Rep. Chris Redfern (D-Catawba Island) offered House Bill 482 following the accidental death of a man in his district that was initially ruled a suicide but later determined to have been caused by a faulty trigger mechanism on his firearm.

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