HOLMES, J.
As do many states, Ohio has recognized the legal presumption that in the absence of sufficient substantial evidence to the contrary, a person is presumed not to have taken his own life. This rule was set forth in Shepherd v. Midland Mut. Life Ins. Co. (1949),
"* * * [W]here it is shown that death resulted from bodily injury caused by violent and external means...
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