Deaths in Custody
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Christopher Morrow

died September 17, 2025 · Buncombe County Detention Center, Buncombe County, North Carolina

Christopher Morrow died on September 17, 2025, at Mission Hospital in Asheville, North Carolina, after being found unconscious in his cell at the Buncombe County Detention Facility earlier that morning. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office said he had been booked into the jail only hours before. He was taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead that afternoon. The sheriff's office said it had notified the State Bureau of Investigation, the district attorney and his next of kin, and that the Medical Examiner's Office will determine the cause of death.

Cause of death, as reported: Cause not yet determined. The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office says the cause of death is pending a Medical Examiner's Office determination.

Reported by: Buncombe 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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