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Bobby Caldwell

31 years old · died September 2001 · Durham County Detention Facility, Durham County, North Carolina

Bobby Caldwell was 31 when he died in September 2001 while held at the Durham County jail in North Carolina. His father, in a 2002 interview, said Bobby hanged himself from an air-conditioning vent using an Ace bandage. The account of his death as a suicide comes from his father's description.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Bobby Caldwell's father said in a 2002 interview that he hanged himself from an air-conditioning vent with an Ace bandage.

Reported by: his father.

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