Died in jail or a lockup
Anne Banks
Anne Banks, a mother of two, died in the Rowan County jail in North Carolina, where she had been held for less than a week. Jail officers found her unresponsive, and the jail's account describes her death as a suicide by hanging. She died three weeks later. Her family later learned that state inspectors had cited the jail for supervision failures and that the jail had not reported her death to the state.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The death was recorded as a suicide by hanging, and her family says state inspectors cited the jail for supervision failures.