Deaths in Custody
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Chad Gesin

30 years old · died July 9, 2013 · Gage County Corrections, Gage County, Nebraska

Chad Gesin, 30, died on July 9, 2013, after being held at the Gage County Jail in Beatrice, Nebraska. The Gage County Attorney's Office said he hanged himself in a cell at the jail, not long after being placed there, and that he was taken to a Lincoln hospital, where he died. The attorney's office has ordered an autopsy, and a grand jury will investigate the death, as state law requires for deaths in custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Gage County Attorney's Office says he hanged himself in his cell, and a grand jury will investigate as state law requires for deaths in custody.

Reported by: Gage County Attorney's Office.

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