Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Christopher Chase

39 years old · Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility, Tallahatchie County, Mississippi

Christopher Chase, 39, died in his cell at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, Mississippi, a privately operated prison that holds people in the custody of the Vermont Department of Corrections. The Vermont Department of Corrections said he died by apparent suicide. The Vermont defender general's office was notified, and the facility's health services director said an administrative and clinical review would be conducted.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Vermont Department of Corrections said he died of an apparent suicide in his cell, and the facility's health services director will conduct an administrative and clinical review.

Reported by: Vermont Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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