Deaths in Custody
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Brett Colhoff

41 years old · died August 12, 2016 · Lawrence County Jail, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Brett Colhoff, 41, died on August 12, 2016, while held at the Lawrence County Jail in Lawrence County, South Dakota. A news report said his death was a suicide. The source we have gives no account of who he was, how his death happened, or what jail staff did before or after it. Whether the death was a suicide has not been confirmed by any official account we have seen.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: news report.

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