Brett O. Colhoff
Brett O. Colhoff, a man from Spearfish, was held at the Lawrence County Jail in Deadwood, South Dakota. Officers found him unconscious in his cell at 12:19 a.m. on August 12, 2016, and the sheriff's office said he had apparently hanged himself with bedding. He was taken to a local hospital and then to Rapid City Regional Hospital, where he died later that day. Chief Deputy Paul Hansen of the Lawrence County Sheriff's Office identified him in an August 18 statement.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Lawrence County Sheriff's Office said Colhoff apparently hanged himself with bedding in his cell, and chief deputy Paul Hansen made that claim.
Reported by: Lawrence County Sheriff's Office, Chief Deputy Paul Hansen (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.