(SANDOVAL, IL) — The Marion County Coroner’s Office and the Marion County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the death of a 48-year-old rural Sandoval man as a suicide. According to Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon, Darin Brandt, of Ruby Road, was discovered deceased Tuesday morning in the backyard of his home by family members. Cannon says Brandt appears to have been despondent regarding his upcoming court case and died of a single gunshot wound to the head. Brandt, a school board member, was free on $50,000 cash bond after being arrested last month on two counts Class X predatory criminal sexual assault of two different boys under the age of 13 and a single felony charge of criminal sexual assault. Brandt was discovered around 8 a.m. Tuesday morning and was pronounced dead at 8:25. The Day/Macz Funeral Home in Sandoval is assisting the Brandt Family with arrangements.