Died in jail or a lockup
Christopher Boyd
Christopher Coe Boyd Jr., 40, of Black Mountain, died at the Buncombe County jail on April 3, 2017. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive on his bed at dawn. The sheriff's office has not stated a cause of death. A North Carolina state list of jail deaths for 2015-17 classifies his death as natural.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness. The state's list of jail deaths classifies the death as natural causes, while the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office has not stated a cause.
Reported by: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services; Buncombe County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him).