Death Row Inmate Apparently Kills Self
A death row inmate who thanked jurors for recommending that he be sentenced to die for killing a police officer was found dead on the floor of his cell, an apparent suicide, a prisons spokeswoman said.
Martin Koliser was found at Mansfield Correctional Institution half an hour after guards had last checked on him, said a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections.
Koliser was not on suicide watch, nor was he being treated for mental illness.
He had been on death row since November 2003 for killing Youngstown Patrolman Michael Hartzell, 26, as the officer investigated a shooting.
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