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Christopher Garrett Schell

29 years old · died September 1, 2009 · Collin County Detention Facility, Collin County, Texas

Christopher Garrett Schell, 29, of Frisco, was held at the Collin County Jail in Texas when he died. The Collin County Sheriff's Office said deputies found him in his infirmary cell on the evening of Monday, August 31, 2009, and that he had been trying to take his own life. Paramedics took him to a hospital, where doctors pronounced him dead.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Collin County Sheriff's Office said deputies found him trying to take his own life in his infirmary cell.

Reported by: Collin County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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