A former Fogelsville (Pennsylvania) psychiatrist who failed to show up for sentencing this week in his pill-mill case was found dead Thursday afternoon.

From a longer report in the Morning Call

Dr. David Daley, 59, was found along the Susquehanna River just east of the Maynard Street Bridge in Williamsport, Lycoming County Coroner Chuck Kiessling said.

"It appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound," Kiessling said. He ruled the death a suicide.

Daley was facing the possibility of more than 20 years in a state prison for breaking prescription medication laws and providing drug addicts with easy access to painkillers.

His attorney, Kathryn Roberts, said his family was distraught over the news.

Police had searched for Daley on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. They said he was emotionally unstable and had a revolver. "This is just a tragedy for his family," Roberts said.

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A jury Sept. 26 found Daley guilty of 16 drug-related charges. State sentencing guidelines called for a sentence of 22 to 36 months for most of those counts. Ford could have sentenced Daley separately for each, or run them concurrently, allowing Daley to serve them all at the same time.

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Roberts said she did not know where Daley got the gun. As far as she and his family knew, he did not own a firearm, she said.

During the two-week trial, state Deputy Attorney General Christie Bonesch presented witnesses who said Daley gave them prescriptions without performing physical exams or taking a medical history. In one 11-day period, the prosecutor told the jury, Daley prescribed one patient 1,320 oxycodone pills and 500 tablets of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

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Daley was arrested in January 2013 on a recommendation from a statewide grand jury that heard testimony in 2010 and 2011. Prosecutors from the state attorney general's office said the crimes occurred between Jan. 1, 2008, and Dec. 17, 2009, when Daley had a home office at 7729 Main St., Fogelsville.

Daley was initially charged with crimes related to 28 patients. Prosecutors withdrew counts related to 12 patients during the trial, and Daley was convicted on all charges related to the remaining 16.

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