Coroner identifies person found dead in Municipal Building

The Sangamon County Coroner’s Office has identified the individual found dead inside the Municipal Center East at 800 East Monroe early Sunday morning.Nicholas R. Gipson, 33, of Springfield, was pronounced dead at 2:05 a.m. Sunday inside the bathroom at the Springfield Police Department.Preliminary results of an autopsy performed in Bloomington on Monday show that Gipson died from hanging that caused asphyxiation.Gipson was inside a locked restroom stall when he […]