Deaths in Custody
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Daniel Leonard Wells

57 years old · died April 2, 2020 · Escambia County Main Jail, Escambia County, Florida

Daniel Leonard Wells, 57, died in his cell at the Escambia County Jail in Florida in early April 2020, where he was being held awaiting trial. The sheriff's office said he was found hanged and that his death appeared to be a suicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide

Reported by: Escambia 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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