Authorities rule Sluder death a suicide

Update: Read the full story here. Original postFREMONT — Leigh Ann Sluder left a suicide note that remained hidden for a decade.In an about-face, Sandusky County law enforcement has determined her 2009 death, initially ruled a suicide, was, in fact, a suicide.Sheriff Chris Hilton and county Prosecutor Tim Braun released a copy of the note today at a news conference.Sluder, 37, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the chest March 1, 2009, in Clyde. Daniel Myers, who was recently convicted of killing Heather Bogle, found Sluder's body. He also shared a child with her.Myers was sentenced to life in prison Feb. 13 and is currently an inmate at the Lorain Correctional Institution.After Hilton took office in 2017, he questioned the initial ruling that Sluder shot herself with a .22 caliber rifle and investigated her death again.A family member of Myers found the note among Myers personal property at his mobile home at Emerald Estates near Clyde when the home was being cleaned out after his arrest in the Bogle murder case. Law enforcement learned of the note's existence on Feb. 25, and received it from Myers' family the next day. Hilton said the note has been authenticated.Check back this afternoon for more for more.Daniel Myers enters the temporary courtrooms for Sandusky County at Terra Community College in Fremont for his arraignment on Tuesday, June 13, 2017.