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Amanda Shae Traywick

39 years old · died July 8, 2018 · Sumter County Correctional Institution, Sumter County, Georgia

Amanda Shae Traywick, 39, was found dead in her cell at the Sumter County jail in Georgia on a Sunday morning in July 2018. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating, and an autopsy reported the cause of death as suicide by hanging. Final autopsy and toxicology reports were still pending when the news was published.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported that she died by suicide by hanging in her cell, with final autopsy and toxicology reports still pending.

Reported by: Georgia Bureau of Investigation (outside investigators).

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