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Abdool Z. Zaman

died December 13, 2019 · Henrico County Jail West, Henrico County, Virginia

Abdool Zaman died on December 13, 2019, while held at the Henrico Jail East in Virginia. The Henrico County Sheriff's Office said he died by suicide, and that staff found him hanging in his cell, cut him down and began CPR before he was pronounced dead at 4:45 p.m. The New Kent County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death. Sheriff Elect Alisa Gregory described the death as a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Henrico County Sheriff Elect Alisa Gregory and the Henrico County Sheriff's Office describe the death as a suspected suicide by hanging in his cell, and the New Kent County Sheriff's Office is investigating.

Reported by: Henrico County Sheriff's Office (Major Lathem) (the agency that held him); Henrico County Sheriff Elect Alisa Gregory (the agency that held him); New Kent County Sheriff's Office (outside investigators).

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