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Christopher Jerome Endicott

53 years old · died November 20, 2021 · Crow Wing County Jail, Crow Wing County, Minnesota

Christopher Jerome Endicott, 53, was a former middle school principal at Century Middle School in Lakeville, Minnesota, and lived in Apple Valley. He died on November 20, 2021, while held at the Crow Wing County jail in Brainerd, where he had been placed on a Minnesota Department of Corrections warrant. The Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive in his cell. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that he died by suicide from asphyxia, and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension was asked to investigate the death.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office ruled the death a suicide by asphyxia due to hanging, while the Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office said he was found unresponsive in his cell and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigated.

Reported by: Ramsey County Medical Examiner's Office (medical examiner or coroner); Crow Wing County Sheriff's Office (the agency that held him); Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (outside investigators).

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