Brendan Alan Weaver
Brendan Allen Weaver, 28, died in his cell at SCI Camp Hill, a state prison in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the early morning of July 11, 2018. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections said a security officer on rounds found him hanging from the top bunk, and he was pronounced dead at 2:57 a.m. The Morning Call reported that he died by suicide less than two months after entering the prison, and that new prisoners are at high risk early in their stay. State police are investigating as a matter of policy, and the Cumberland County coroner has not yet determined the official cause of death.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections reported that a security officer found him hanging from his top bunk at SCI Camp Hill, and the state's account describes him as dying by suicide while the coroner's official cause was still pending.
Reported by: Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); news reports.