Cincinnati man convicted of fatally beating teen girlfriend found dead in prison
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CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19) - A Cincinnati man convicted in the beating death of his 16-year-old girlfriend has died in prison and an investigation is underway, state prison officials said Tuesday.
William Arnold, 39, was found dead in his cell at the Madison Correctional Institution in London, Ohio a week ago, on Tuesday, Jan. 6, said JoEllen Smith of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
“Staff performed life saving measures and administered Narcan, however Mr. Arnold was pronounced dead at 7:16 a.m.,” Smith wrote in an email response to a FOX19 NOW inquiry.