Charles L. Welbes
Charles Welbes, 53, died in his cell at the Volusia County Branch Jail in Florida early on Monday, May 15, 2017. The Volusia County Sheriff's Office said it appeared he had hanged himself with a bed sheet, and that an autopsy would determine the official cause of death. The sheriff's office is investigating, and county officials said the death caught them off guard because he was not considered at high risk for suicide, even as the county was reviewing a suicide-prevention expert's report.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Volusia County Sheriff's Office officials said he appeared to have hanged himself with a bed sheet in his cell, and the autopsy is to set the official cause.
Reported by: Volusia County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.