Deaths in Custody
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Benjamin Robertson

35 years old · died September 15, 2024 · Central Detention Facility, District of Columbia County, District of Columbia

Benjamin Larry Robertson, 35, died on September 15, 2024, at the Central Detention Facility in Washington, D.C., while in the custody of the D.C. Department of Corrections. According to the Department of Corrections, security personnel found him unresponsive in the gym area of his unit around 5:46 a.m., and he was pronounced dead around 6:35 a.m. The D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner gave the cause of death as undetermined and the manner as undetermined. The Department of Corrections and the Metropolitan Police Department said they were investigating the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined

Reported by: D.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (medical examiner or coroner); Department of Corrections officials (the agency that held him).

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