Deaths in Custody
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Adam Zaborowski

37 years old · died April 1, 2022 · Lehigh County Prison, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Adam Zaborowski, 37, had known his family for years, and his attorney said they were distraught and that he had struggled with mental illness for a long time. He was being held at Lehigh County Jail, where jail staff found him unresponsive in his cell on Friday, April 1, 2022. He died at St. Luke's Hospital-Allentown about 50 minutes later. The Lehigh County district attorney's office and coroner are investigating, with an autopsy scheduled for the following Monday, and a state record lists the jail's report that the manner of death was suicide while that investigation is pending.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: Lehigh County Jail (the agency that held him); Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency (outside investigators).

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