Coroner's jury rules Champaign jail death a suicide

URBANA – A Champaign County coroner's jury has ruled that a man found hanging from a bed sheet at the county jail intended to kill himself.

The jury Thursday found the death of Todd Kelly, 42, who last lived in the 4800 block of West Windsor Road, to be a suicide. The jury also recommended constant, rather than intermittent, monitoring of known suicidal inmates.

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