Deaths in Custody
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Christopher Wayne Stufft

49 years old · died July 5, 2018 · Pinellas County, Florida

Christopher Wayne Stufft, 49, of Largo, Florida, died in a Pinellas County jail cell on July 5, 2018. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office described the death as an apparent suicide, saying he had made a ligature from items in the cell. The sheriff's office said investigations into the death were ongoing.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said the death appeared to be a suicide by a ligature made from items in his cell.

Reported by: Pinellas 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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