Lawrence County judge’s death ruled a suicide

BEDFORD – A coroner has ruled the death of Lawrence Circuit Court Judge Richard D. McIntyre was likely a suicide.\nLawrence County Coroner John Sherrill said an autopsy found that the 51-year-old McIntyre died from carbon monoxide poisoning. McIntyre’s wife found him unresponsive Tuesday evening in a sport utility vehicle parked inside a detached garage at their Bedford home.\nMcIntyre gained national attention during a months-long recount of his 1984 congressional campaign against Democrat Frank McCloskey. The Democrat-controlled House ruled McCloskey won in southern Indiana’s 8th District by four votes, prompting a Republican walkout at the Capitol.\nMcIntyre had been a judge in Lawrence County since 1988.