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Albert James III

51 years old · died December 18, 2023 · Iberia Parish Criminal Justice Facility, Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Albert James III, 51, died on December 18, 2023, at a hospital after being held pretrial at the Iberia Parish Jail in Louisiana. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said he died from an apparent suicide attempt and that its Bureau of Investigation is looking into his death. The sheriff's office said corrections officers found him in medical distress and tried to resuscitate him, and medics continued care before he was pronounced dead at the hospital. The sheriff's office's account of how he was found and what checks were made before that has not been independently reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office said he took his own life, and its Bureau of Investigation is still investigating the circumstances of his death.

Reported by: Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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