Died in jail or a lockup
Charles Winston Turner Jr.
Charles Winston Turner Jr., 40, was originally from Charlottesville, had worked for QSI Sanitation and Able Solutions in Harrisonburg, and attended Ray of Hope Church for a time before the pandemic. He was held at the Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail, where he died on September 12, 2021. The death was reported as a suicide. WMRA learned of it while reporting on another suicide at the same jail, and his family declined to speak with the media.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide
Reported by: Rockingham-Harrisonburg Regional Jail (the agency that held him); WMRA (reporters).