Basim Ibn Muahmmad
Basim Ibn Muhammad, 44, died on July 21, 2021, while held at the Hampton City Jail in Hampton, Virginia. His wife described him as a family man who worked full-time as a home remodeling contractor and was devoted to their 3-year-old daughter and his two stepsons. The Hampton Sheriff's Office said he was found hanging in his cell and that the death was an apparent suicide with no signs of foul play. His wife said she did not understand why he would have done this. Other accounts of the death were not provided, so the circumstances and the claim of suicide remain as the sheriff's office reported them.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Hampton Sheriff's Office said he hanged himself in his cell, and his wife said she did not understand why he would do this.
Reported by: Hampton Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.