Cameron McKinzie Chance
Cameron McKinzie Chance, 29, of Elon, North Carolina, died in February 2021 while held in the Rockingham County Detention Facility in Wentworth. According to the Rockingham County sheriff's officials, he attempted suicide by hanging, and guards found him early on a Sunday afternoon; he died later that day at an area hospital. The sheriff's office said he had passed the jail's standard screening, and a State Bureau of Investigation review of the deaths is underway. He was one of three people in their 20s who died by suicide at the jail that month, according to the sheriff.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Rockingham County sheriff's officials say Cameron McKinzie Chance attempted suicide by hanging in the jail and died later at a hospital, and that he had passed the jail's standard screening.
Reported by: Rockingham County sheriff's officials (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.