POMEROY — A prisoner being held in the Meigs County Jail was found deceased Wednesday morning, according to Meigs County Sheriff Keith Wood.
Wood said that he has requested assistance in the investigation from Meigs County Coroner Dr. Douglas Hunter and the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation (BCI).
The remaining prisoners were transported to the Middleport Jail and the Washington County Jail while the investigation continues.
Additional information will be released by BCI and the Meigs County Sheriff when the investigation is complete.
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