Connersville, Ind. — Indiana State Police have confirmed carfentanil intoxication as the cause of death for two men in the Fayette County Jail.
On June 6 police arrested Chad Sizemore, 37, of Connersville, in Wayne County and determined he had an outstanding warrant in Fayette County. Sizemore was transported the Fayette County Jail and place in a holding cell with two other men at 11 p.m. At midnight jail officers found all three men unresponsive.
Sizemore and Thomas Lohr, 30, of Connersville, were pronounced dead at Fayette Regional Health later. The third inmate, Weslee Jenkins, 26, was treated at Fayette Regional Health Hospital and recovered at Reid Health in Richmond. The investigation revealed all three men sniffed a powder that Sizemore smuggled into the jail.
The investigation is ongoing.
