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Aaron Aubrey

28 years old · died December 2022 · Robert Presley Detention Center, Riverside County, California

Aaron Aubrey, 28, died by suicide in December 2022 at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside County, California. A deputy found him hanging in a cell in the jail's mental health unit after about 46 minutes, and he died at a hospital six days later. A note found at the hospital said staff had allowed him to make a noose while it was on camera, an. The death is recorded as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). A note found at the hospital says staff let him make a noose on camera, and it criticizes how the county treats people in its jail.

Reported by: news reporting in the article's account of the hanging (reporters).

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