Suicide At South Central Regional Jail

 

A South Central Regional Jail inmate is dead.  Jail officials confirm 54-year old Joseph Albohn of Kanahwa County hanged himself in his cell about 2:00 Tuesday morning with a bed sheet.  Albohn was jailed August 1st on charges of possession of child pornography.   Initially he had been on suicide watch in the jail, but was removed from after a psychologist determined he was not a risk to himself.





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