Curtis Watts
Curtis Watts, 39, died by suicide while held at the Davidson County jail in North Carolina. A state Department of Health and Human Services investigation, based on jail video, found that he hanged himself with a bedsheet. The video showed a detention officer logging a check at an electronic checkpoint near his cell without looking inside while he was hanging himself. State investigators found supervision failures in the case, and the sheriff did not respond to a request for an interview.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). Video showed a detention officer logging a checkpoint near his cell without looking in while he hanged himself with a bedsheet, and a state DHHS investigation found supervision failures.
Reported by: state DHHS investigation (outside investigators); jail video.