Cannibal Sex Offender Found Dead in Jail Cell

Convicted sex offender, and accused cannibal, Nathaniel Bar Jonah, was sentenced 130 years after he was convicted of kidnapping, sexually assaulting and choking a teenage boy.  He was also charge din 200 for the 1996 disappearance of 10 year old Zach Ramsey.  Authorities believed that Bar Jonah had killed the boy and served his body in meals served to neighbors.  Authorities later dismissed the charger after the young boy’s mother agreed to testify that she believed her son was still living.

Bar Jonah was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday morning, according to Montana State Prison spokeswoman Linda Moodry.  “Emergency medical response was initiated and he was transported to Powell County Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:06 am.”

An autopsy will be performed by the state medical examiner.  While the cause of death is unknown, Moodry noted that the prisoner had been in poor health.

Bar Jonah was charged with kidnapping, attempted murder and impersonation of a police officer in 1997.  He allegedly posed as an officer and kidnapped two boys in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts.  He tried to strangle the boys when they resisted his attempt to assault them.  One of the boys escaped from Bar Jonah and found help.

Bar Jonah later moved to Montana with his family.