Dana Dellavecchio
Dana Dellavecchio, 28, died on Saturday, August 25, 2012, while being held at the Ridley Township police station in Pennsylvania. Capt. Charles Howley of Ridley Township police said it appeared she had hanged herself from the bars of a holding cell with her T-shirt. Cameras cover the holding cells, and the turnkey on duty was suspended without pay. The Delaware County District Attorney's Special Prosecution Unit and the medical examiner are investigating, and the autopsy findings had not been released.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide. Capt. Charles Howley of Ridley Township police said it appeared to be a suicide, and the turnkey on duty was suspended without pay while the Delaware County District Attorney's Special Prosecution Unit and the medical examiner investigate.
Reported by: Capt. Charles Howley, Ridley Township police (the agency that held her). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held her.