Jeffery Lynn Johnson, 'Tiger King' participant, died by apparent suicide at 58

(CNN)Jeffery Lynn Johnson, 58, who appeared successful "Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness," died by an evident termination during an statement with his wife, the Oklahoma City Police Department told CNN connected Monday.

Johnson -- a erstwhile reptile trader -- was 1 of respective radical interviewed successful occurrence 4 of the enormously fashionable 2020 docuseries connected Netflix.

According to a constabulary incidental report, officers were dispatched to the Johnson household location soon aft 10 p.m. connected September 8 for a reported attempted suicide.

Johnson's wife, Charity, told constabulary her hubby killed himself successful beforehand of her during an statement successful their garage. Their 4- and 5-year-old children were wrong the location astatine the time, the study says.

Johnson inactive had a pulse connected the country and was taken to a infirmary but was aboriginal pronounced dead, according to the report.