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Coroner: Hanging death of jailed GI a suicide
The Associated Press
Posted : Monday May 12, 2008 10:20:56 EDT
Posted : Monday May 12, 2008 10:20:56 EDT
ELWOOD, Ind. — A coroner has ruled the hanging death of an Iraq war veteran in the Elwood City Jail a suicide.
Madison County Coroner Ned Dunnichay made the ruling Saturday following an autopsy on 23-year-old Army Spc. Timothy K. Israel.
Officials said Israel used the drawstring from his pants to hang himself in a cell Friday.
The Herald Bulletin of Anderson reports that Israel was arrested earlier Friday on a preliminary domestic battery charge. Friends told the newspaper that he was wrongly accused.
State police are investigating Israel’s death.
Israel’s father, Keith Israel, says he is considering a lawsuit against Elwood police because he believes the surveillance cameras in the cell weren’t properly monitored.
A dispatcher at the police department says it isn’t releasing any comment at this time.
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