Local Activist's Death Ruled A Suicide

Columbus Police

The Franklin County Coroner has ruled the death of a local community activist a suicide. 

The body of 28-year-old Amber Evans was recovered from the Scioto River in March. She was reported missing in January after a dispute with her boyfriend.  The autopsy shows the activist with the People's Justice Project drowned after taking cold medications.  

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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.