Alan Coulter
Alan Coulter, 54, was held at the Sullivan County Jail in Tennessee in January 2022, where he was placed in a cell with two other people. He was found unresponsive in his cell on January 24 and taken to a hospital, and he died there on January 27, after he had been declared brain dead and his family had him removed from life support. A Sullivan County grand jury, following a TBI investigation and a pathologist's report, concluded that he died by suicide by strangulation and that jail guards could not have prevented his death or acted faster to get him help.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. A Sullivan County grand jury concluded he died by suicide after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe and a pathologist's report, and found that jail guards could not have prevented his death.
Reported by: Sullivan County grand jury (court); Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators); pathologist.