Police Commit Homicide? Coroner Says It Was Physically Impossible For Inmate To Hang Himself In Jail Cell

GEORGETOWN, Ohio -- Two months after the hanging death of a Brown County jail inmate, the Brown County Coroner's Office has ruled it a homicide.

Zachary Goldson, 24, was found hanging from a bed sheet in the Adult Detention Center on Oct. 5, nine days after his arrest on Sept. 26.

Brown County Coroner Judith Varnau determined Goldson's death was caused by strangulation.

At about 2:41 a.m. the day before his death, Goldson was taken to a hospital after swallowing a pen. He returned to his cell at 3:38 a.m.

Later that evening at 11:18, he began vomiting after swallowing another pen, as well as a toothbrush and some staples, according to jail documents.