Coroner: Man found dead in Falkville suspect in Ohio slayings

Dante Rashad Hawes, of Dayton, Ohio, died from a “self-inflicted gunshot wound,” according to Chunn, who was called to the scene at 1:51 p.m. Thursday.

“He’d been dead for a while,” Chunn said. Hawes was found in a car on Buster Road, near the Interstate 65 exit at Falkville.

Hawes was suspected of killing his 31-year-old girlfriend and a young 6-year-old girl in Dayton on Wednesday, Chunn said. Further details weren’t immediately available.