ROSS COUNTY, OH. (THECOUNT) — Jeffrey Delgado, the suspect wanted by the Ross County Sheriff’s Office for felonious assault, kidnapping and rape, was found dead on Sunday.

Delgado, 53, was the alleged suspect in an aggravated burglary and felonious assault that occurred on Baker Road shortly before noon last Saturday, according to authorities.

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The sheriff’s office said the body of Jeffrey Delgado was found by a property owner in the 500 block of Baker Road around 4 p.m., about 15 miles southwest of Chillicothe. source

The sheriff’s office said it appears Delgado died by suicide.

The Ross County Coroner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.

Anyone with possible information on the death should contact police at 911.