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Brenden Kiekisz

Cuyahoga County Corrections Center, Cuyahoga County, Ohio

Brenden Kiekisz was held at the Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleveland, Ohio, when he died on December 27. The Corrections1 report describes his death as a suicide by hanging in his cell. The article says the county's former sheriff put jail suicide-prevention changes in place only after his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The article reports that Brenden Kiekisz hanged himself in his cell at the Cuyahoga County Jail, and that the former sheriff made suicide-prevention changes only after his death.

Reported by: news report of the death.

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