Suspect in doctor’s death found dead in jail cell

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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — Johnson County authorities say a man charged in the death of a South Carolina pediatrician died in his jail cell.

Master Deputy Tom Erickson says 45-year-old John Meredith Hodges was found unresponsive in the cell on Monday. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. Erickson says the death is being investigated as a suicide but released no other details.

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