Officials probe death of jail inmate

Officials probe death of jail inmate

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County sheriff’s and coroner’s offices are investigating the apparent suicide of a 50-year-old county jail inmate.

“It just appears he hung himself using a bedsheet,” said Sheriff Jerry Greene.

The inmate was found dead at 1:04 p.m. Tuesday after deputy sheriffs last saw him alive at 11:40 a.m. Tuesday, the sheriff said.

Dr. Joseph Ohr, forensic pathologist and deputy coroner, was to perform an autopsy this morning, said Theresa Valek, a coroner’s investigator, who confirmed the sheriff’s account of the case. Greene and Valek declined to identify the deceased man pending notification of next of kin.

Dead man identified

YOUNGSTOWN

The Mahoning County Coroner’s Office has identified a man found shot to death about noon Saturday as Donald Price III, 28, of Youngstown.

Price was found shot to death behind a home in the 100 block of Saranac Avenue by a mailman Saturday. A news release from the coroner’s office said tattoos and information from Price’s family helped investigators identify him.

An autopsy found Price was killed instantly from several gunshot wounds to the head.

Police are investigating. His death is the 14th homicide in Youngstown in 2015.

Motorcycle theft is investigated

GIRARD

Police are investigating a motorcycle reported stolen Monday while parked on Earl Street sometime between 3 and 6:30 a.m. The estimated value of the motorcycle is $5,000.

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