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Christopher Kelly

37 years old · died October 2010 · Durham County Detention Facility, Durham County, North Carolina

Christopher Kelly, 37, died in October 2010 at the Durham County jail in North Carolina. County and state records say he hanged himself with a sheet tied to an air vent in his cell, four days after he was taken into the jail. Records note that his death was one of several vent-related suicides the county had been warned about.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). County and state records say Kelly hanged himself with a sheet tied to an air vent, and the summary notes the county had been warned about vent-related suicides.

Reported by: county and state records. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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