Meigs Sheriff investigating ‘suspicious’ death

MEIGS COUNTY, Ohio – The Meigs County Sheriff’s Office is on the scene of what is being called a “suspicious death.”

Sheriff Keith O. Wood told the Meigs Independent Press his office received a call on Aug. 20, 2017 at 2:36 p.m. Deputies responded to a residence on School Lot Road where a man said he came home to find his wife deceased. According to Sheriff Wood, the body of a woman was found “in the vehicle in the driveway of the residence.”

Meigs County Corner, Dr. Daniel Whiteley, was called to the scene and found the death to be “suspicious.” According to Sheriff Wood, the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BCI) has been called in to forensically process the scene. It was reported by Sheriff Wood it was an apparent shooting.

The name of the deceased has not been released at this time.

The Meigs Independent Press will update this story as more information becomes available.