Former ALJ, Under Investigation, Attempts Suicide
From the
Huntington, WV Herald-Dispatch:
Police are investigating what they called a possible suicide attempt
by a former judge under investigation by a U.S. Senate Committee for
possible fraud in awarding government disability benefits.
David B. Daugherty was found sitting unconcious in his car in a
Barboursville church parking lot about 3:20 p.m. Monday, Barboursville
Police Chief Mike Coffey said on Friday.
Coffey said a church worker found Daugherty and called police. When
officers arrived at the lot, investigators found a garden hose
duct-taped to the exhaust pipe of the car and leading into the passenger
compartment through a rear side window. The garden hose was pinched on
one end and melted on the other end by the exhaust pipe. Coffey said
police also found an empty liquor bottle and empty pill container near
the car.
Before an emergency squad arrived, Coffey said police were unsure if
Daugherty was alive and used the church's difibrillator to check for a
heartbeat, which he had. He was then taken to St. Mary's Medical Center
and was breathing on his own shortly thereafter, Coffey said. As of 5
p.m. Friday, he was no longer a patient at St. Mary's. ...
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