TOLEDO, Ohio — A Lucas County jury found Jeffrey King guilty Thursday, more than a year and a half after a patient in his care - Ethan Kleinhans - died of asphyxiation.

Jeffrey King was found guilty of patient endangerment, a third-degree felony. King had originally pleaded not guilty to the same charge in June, 2025.

Kleinhans, a 19-year-old man with developmental disabilities, was found tangled in his harness inside a transport van in west Toledo on March 3, 2024. A report from the Toledo Police Department says first responders received a call stating that Kleinhans was unconscious while in the van on Hallgate Avenue. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

In October of that year, King was indicted on one count of failing to provide for a functionally impa

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