CINCINNATI (WXIX) - The Metroparks of Butler County is hoping to help those battling suicidal thoughts by getting them the information they need to get help.

Numerous signs are being installed in MetroParks locations across Butler County because of the staggering number of suicides they’ve seen in the parks over the last four years.

“In the last four years, we’ve seen 18 suicides and 17 overdoses within all of the parks in Butler County,” Katie Ely-Wood, MetroParks of Butler County communications manager, said.

That’s 35 deaths in four years in Butler County Parks. MetroParks says they were unaware how much other park systems in the county were dealing with this issue until the Butler County Mental Health and Addiction Recovery Services Board approached them with the numbers.

“It was r

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