TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County grand jury has indicted a caregiver in the death of Ethan Kleinhans, a 19-year-old man with developmental disabilities who was found tangled in his harness inside a transport van in west Toledo seven months ago.
Jeffery King was indicted Wednesday on one count of failing to provide for a functionally impaired person.
Court documents allege King "did recklessly fail to provide victim with any treatment, care, goods, or service that was necessary to maintain his health or safety, and such failure resulted in serious physical harm to victim."
The Lucas County Coroner's Office ruled Kleinhans' death was caused by asphyxiation due to neck compression.
A report from the Toledo Police Department says first responders received a call on March 3 stating that Kleinhans was unconscious while in the van on Hallgate Avenue. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
