Sullivan County coroner fatally shoots self amid criminal investigation

SULLIVAN, Ind. (WISH) — Sullivan County Coroner Tracy Tackett was recovered dormant Monday with a self-inflicted gunshot coiled portion nether transgression investigation, the Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.

Indiana State Police connected Thursday launched an probe into a ailment regarding a YouTube video that appeared to impact the 56-year-old Tackett. The Indiana Crimes Against Children portion was notified.

“This lawsuit is analyzable by the information that it was not initiated by instrumentality enforcement and whitethorn impact different authorities jurisdiction,” Sullivan County Prosecutor Ann Smith Mischler said Friday successful a quality release. “We request to fto the probe tally its course, and my bureau volition proceed accordingly erstwhile it is completed.”

Police accidental they received a telephone astir 9:30 a.m. Saturday that Tackett abruptly near an flat with his girlfriend. Sullivan County deputies and Indiana conservation officers searched for Tackett passim the play and into Monday.

There were nary progressive apprehension warrants for Tackett erstwhile helium near his apartment, according to police.

Sullivan County Sheriff Clark Cottom recovered Tackett successful the driver’s spot of a pickup motortruck successful a agrarian country conscionable disconnected County Road 300 North adjacent County Road 225 East Monday afternoon. An autopsy conducted by the Vigo County Coroner’s Office Tuesday day confirmed his identity.