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Christopher Harris

48 years old · died December 10, 2020 · Marion County Jail, Marion County, Indiana

Christopher Harris, 48, of Anderson, died at Eskenazi Hospital on the morning of December 10, 2020. Jail staff found him unresponsive around 7:05 a.m. that day at the Marion County Jail in Indianapolis, where he was held. The jail said it was an apparent suicide attempt. The Marion County Coroner's Office will perform an autopsy to determine the official cause of death. Several agencies are investigating his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Marion County Jail said it was an apparent suicide attempt, and the coroner's autopsy to determine the official cause is still pending.

Reported by: Marion County Jail (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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