Two county investigators said the patient was an elderly man.

An autopsy was ordered, but county investigators said there were no signs of foul play, and they called it an apparent accident.

In statements made to county investigators, Dr. Lothringer said he believed the responsibility for contacting an inmate's family or doctor lay with the jail's psychology staff.

It is still not clear who shot him, although county investigators have determined that he was hit by a slug from a .45-caliber semiautomatic, which has not been found.

Mr. Yurick said county investigators and detectives from Monroe and Washington Townships were continuing to look into the shootings.

Prosecutors charge that he used county investigators and other employees to perform a variety of personal tasks, including gardening and chauffeuring.

Jail officials told the county investigators that the mother then called them to "alert the staff to her daughter's 'suicidal tendencies.' "

More than 250 officers, firefighters and county investigators combed the area during the week.

And county investigators had searched in vain for the missing bullet.

The line of vehicles was so long- county investigators, crime scene technicians, the ME's office, the sheriff's department- he was amazed he'd gotten that close.