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Damon Marichalar

36 years old · died December 6, 2015 · Tehama County Jail, Tehama County, California

Damon Marichalar, 36, died on Sunday, December 6, 2015, while held at the Tehama County Jail in Red Bluff, California. According to the Tehama County Sheriff's Department, he was found hanging from bed sheets in the men's housing unit that evening. He was pronounced dead at 10:13 p.m. after Red Bluff Fire personnel took over his care. The sheriff's department said the death is being investigated as a suicide, and an autopsy was scheduled.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Tehama County Sheriff's Department (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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